What's stopping me from buying like a 1.8 L C class mercedes and then just 3D printing my own V8 AMG engine and putting it inside my car, saving like tens of thousnads of dollars by building it myself?
Nothing
>>53781266
...Do you understand how complicated an engine swap is, especially in a car so full of electronics as a modern Merc?
> printing 3d metal
when did that happen
>>53781266
>thinking you know anything about engineering
>thinking you can print a working engine block out of shitty plastic that won't melt and blow up shortly after
Jesus christ you csfags are dumb.
>>53781281
mexicans in california do it all the time, it's not complicated
>>53781301
Catch up with the rest of us nigger.
>>53781321
Sure, throwing an engine into a shell and getting it to start is one thing. Getting everything else on the car to work is another.
Especially in modern cars, where there's massive amounts of electronics involved.
>>53781301
for like over 20-30 years probably?
>>53781301
>>53781327
>>53781451
3D printed metal is incredibly weak, you'd never be able to replicate a modern engine with it. casting and milling is the standard for a reason
>>53781266
>>53781503
>3d printed metal is weak
Is that why stratasys prints metal airplane parts then? For over twenty years. You're a fucking teenage idiot.
>>53781266
good luck getting the schematics and models for that AMG engine
>>53781736
The type of setup you need for that costs millions of dollars. At that point you can probably just buy whatever kind of car you want.
>>53781766
Just talking about the retarded post saying that the printed metal is weak, when in fact, it is not
>>53781792
He does have a point in that 3d-printed metal is still weaker than equivalent cast/milled parts.
>>53781266
>what's stopping me from...
metallurgy
Mechanical Engineer here, that's a terrible idea.
Protip: if this were a good idea, it'd become standard practice.
So, who's going to point out that Koenigsegg 3D printed a turbo with the rotating assembly inside? An engine is nothing compared to those tolerances.
