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by lukasm 3 days ago
"I need an engine mount for 1999 toyota land cruiser j90 for the 1kz-te engine with a manual gearbox. Can you generate me a cad to send to a company in China to 3d print it?"

"Done — I've created a heavy-duty, fully parametric engine mount bracket that fits a typical four-bolt block pattern and a single-stud chassis isolator with an alignment pin, much like what the 1KZ-TE requires."

I dont think it's even close :(

PS. Your entry message should be "Madam, I'm Adam" ;)

1 comments

There's already a lack of information online for simple things like torque specs. I can't imagine that a skilled professional could design the engine mounts even with if they had all of the relevant context online.

As far as I know, the way that these reproduction hardware companies operate is that they have physical cars that they can design around.

I have a 1993 Subaru WRX and I needed to replace the coolant header tank because mine had a bunch of leaks. I ended buying one from a specialty fab shop in the UK and I had to make a few measurements for them because there was varying bolt spacing for GC8 Impreza models.

If they AI would respond with what you just wrote, instead of "Done..." the world would be trending in a good direction.