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Old May 22, 2026 | 09:57 PM
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Default Homemade Engine Specification Plaque

Just for fun, I tried making a replica of the Stingray Z51 engine specification plaque by laser engraving and cutting aluminum coated ABS. Let me know if you want my LightBurn file. Here is the material I used:

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In the picture below, the plaque is just laying in the location for reference. I have to check on the thermal resistance of the material, but it is not being used for anything structural so maybe it will be fine.





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looks very nice
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Looks just as good as the real thing!
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Nice job and looks very good.
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Originally Posted by C8ZZZ
Just for fun, I tried making a replica of the Stingray Z51 engine specification plaque by laser engraving and cutting aluminum coated ABS. Let me know if you want my LightBurn file. Here is the material I used:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G8F4T9BM...sin_title&th=1

In the picture below, the plaque is just laying in the location for reference. I have to check on the thermal resistance of the material, but it is not being used for anything structural so maybe it will be fine.


How did you mount it to the location? Looks Perfect.
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Old May 23, 2026 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by HOGSONTHEROAD
How did you mount it to the location? Looks Perfect.
Thank you for the feedback.

I just set it there to check fitment and for the picture. I was going to use some thin double sided tape. Not sure what kind yet.

These were pretty easy to make. It may open some new engine plaque ideas.
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Sweet, nice work!
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Do you know if your file can be exported in a format that will work with RDWorks or can you export it to a .dwx format?
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Looks great nice job.
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Originally Posted by frankbicknell
Do you know if your file can be exported in a format that will work with RDWorks or can you export it to a .dwx format?
I can export in these formats.
• SVG (*.svg)
• Illustrator (*.ai)
• Autocad DXF (*.dxf)

Google AI said that RDWorks can support .ai and .dxf formats.

PM me your email if you want to try one of these formats.

For this project, I’m using a 10 watt 445nm laser. My units are mm/min and percent power in the LightBurn screen shot below. I have a green square outline in the lower right that is setup to take about a minute to trace at 0 power to allow me time to do adjust up the air flow for the final cut to prevent burn marks.





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Nicely done
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Great job!
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Sent PM, thank you.
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Here's mine on my 2020.



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Originally Posted by Undy
Here's mine on my 2020.

Very nice. I never saw this before. I can't do colors but maybe black and silver. I'd probably need to make spacer for the void underneath and tweak a couple things to differentiate this from the GM version. Now you have me intrigued.
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Originally Posted by Undy
Here's mine on my 2020.


Where did you get this plaque?

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Looks very nice, the original is upwards of $70 if my memory serves.

Originally Posted by C8ZZZ
Just for fun, I tried making a replica of the Stingray Z51 engine specification plaque by laser engraving and cutting aluminum coated ABS. Let me know if you want my LightBurn file. Here is the material I used:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G8F4T9BM...sin_title&th=1

In the picture below, the plaque is just laying in the location for reference. I have to check on the thermal resistance of the material, but it is not being used for anything structural so maybe it will be fine.


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Originally Posted by C8ZZZ
Very nice. I never saw this before. I can't do colors but maybe black and silver. I'd probably need to make spacer for the void underneath and tweak a couple things to differentiate this from the GM version. Now you have me intrigued.
In 2020 it was available from a small time vendor here. It was before the small plaques showed up. As I recall, the guy/vendor got shutdown doing the plaque by GM due to copyright infringement. I know of no others that do something comparable now.
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Originally Posted by mkel2010
Where did you get this plaque?
They haven't been available for around 5 years.

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Old May 24, 2026 | 05:02 PM
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So how much are you selling one for?
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