To people curious about part specifications - cams, cranks, blocks, etc.
03-06-2003, 12:20 AM
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To people curious about part specifications - cams, cranks, blocks, etc. I noticed people were making a big deal about reverse engineering and part specifications as it pertains to cams.
My business is reverse engineering products. I do work for Dodge, Chevy, Ford, Honda, TRD, Harley, Suzuki, etc. I've done heads, cams, blocks, valvetrains, transmissions, etc. I use Coordinate Measuring Machines to gather data accurate to within 0.00002" (peak resolution).
So if you are curious about dimensional aspects of OEM parts or need to get engineering info, I can point you in the right direction or provide such services at reasonable rates.
Questions that I'm often asked:
Is reverse engineering illegal? No. However due to patents and trade dress laws, manufacturing objects from such data may be a violation of civil laws.
Is reverse engineering cheating? 90% of my jobs involve turning a rough prototype into CAD data for mass production. Another ~9% is people getting interface dimensions to make their product fit other products. Less than 1 out of 100 jobs is someone deliberately trying to copy a competitor's product.
How common is reverse engineering? While I can't discuss particular jobs, I can tell you that most major manufactures do analyse products similiar to their own. Nobody successful works in a vacuum.
So if you need these kinds of services, look me up.
My business is reverse engineering products. I do work for Dodge, Chevy, Ford, Honda, TRD, Harley, Suzuki, etc. I've done heads, cams, blocks, valvetrains, transmissions, etc. I use Coordinate Measuring Machines to gather data accurate to within 0.00002" (peak resolution).
So if you are curious about dimensional aspects of OEM parts or need to get engineering info, I can point you in the right direction or provide such services at reasonable rates.
Questions that I'm often asked:
Is reverse engineering illegal? No. However due to patents and trade dress laws, manufacturing objects from such data may be a violation of civil laws.
Is reverse engineering cheating? 90% of my jobs involve turning a rough prototype into CAD data for mass production. Another ~9% is people getting interface dimensions to make their product fit other products. Less than 1 out of 100 jobs is someone deliberately trying to copy a competitor's product.
How common is reverse engineering? While I can't discuss particular jobs, I can tell you that most major manufactures do analyse products similiar to their own. Nobody successful works in a vacuum.
So if you need these kinds of services, look me up.
