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I did think that on the uprights I made for my car, but is was more of a how do I make these cheaper if I had them cast in batches of say 10 at a time would it bring the price down. For the machining time from a solid billet, and the cost of the billet itself 1 casting then cleanup on the mill could half my costs....
Didn't think of it for the bell-housing though.....uummmm good idea I'll mull that one over Cheers
Didn't think of it for the bell-housing though.....uummmm good idea I'll mull that one over Cheers
Hope this is useful Clive.
These guys http://www.matildafoundry.com.au/ have cast up approximately 20 door handles for our group of gt40 builders
here is a series of articles that you may find useful.
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=1...
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_112615/article.html
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_112616/article.html
Dom, they dont look like the GT3 hubs that i know
Ryan
These guys http://www.matildafoundry.com.au/ have cast up approximately 20 door handles for our group of gt40 builders
here is a series of articles that you may find useful.
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=1...
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_112615/article.html
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_112616/article.html
Dom, they dont look like the GT3 hubs that i know
Ryan
Edited by ezakimak on Tuesday 2nd September 11:41
Edited by ezakimak on Tuesday 2nd September 13:20
Ok the wheel of choice is going to be the CCW's SP20. There a light weight single piece forged wheel, perfect for a road driven car in a Country that does suffer from pot holes due to our cold winters.
18x11" front 19x13" rears, but with a nice 3" polished lip on both of them more like the 80's race cars had. I didn't go with the Corvette offsets like I used on my project because you just wouldn't get that nice lip to the rim. The large 11" wide front combined with the added height of the wider tire 295/35/18 means I can run less ET offset and still get a Low scrub radius probably in the 30-40mm range. Also the originals had very tall tires anyway. Rears are Enzo tires 345/35/19 for the road, which if a track setup is needed we can swap out for 30% profile R888 or even Hoosier's it will lower the back of the car down 17mm, but I've raised it 20mm over the front giving it a small rake for road driving.
Basically it will have 75mm to 95mm ground clearance for the road (with added Hydraulic lift for speed bumps)
then bolt on your slicks at the race track, and with a small tweak of the spring platforms your down to 60mm front and rear, the ground effects will work better then.
18x11" front 19x13" rears, but with a nice 3" polished lip on both of them more like the 80's race cars had. I didn't go with the Corvette offsets like I used on my project because you just wouldn't get that nice lip to the rim. The large 11" wide front combined with the added height of the wider tire 295/35/18 means I can run less ET offset and still get a Low scrub radius probably in the 30-40mm range. Also the originals had very tall tires anyway. Rears are Enzo tires 345/35/19 for the road, which if a track setup is needed we can swap out for 30% profile R888 or even Hoosier's it will lower the back of the car down 17mm, but I've raised it 20mm over the front giving it a small rake for road driving.
Basically it will have 75mm to 95mm ground clearance for the road (with added Hydraulic lift for speed bumps)
then bolt on your slicks at the race track, and with a small tweak of the spring platforms your down to 60mm front and rear, the ground effects will work better then.
GTRCLIVE said:
Tha's a thing of beauty, Clive!However, witha shaft spinning at engine speed, running through the middle, is it worth some sort of 'covering' to avoid someone sticking their hand in or dropping something in and having it shot back out at them? Just a thought!
GTRCLIVE said:
Was thinking of sandwiching a clear plastic tube in there to cover it..... Did think about covering the box with 16g ally sheet , but then that would cover up all the Cnc machining.
Clear plastic tube you say? Sounds rather cool!It would be a travesty to cover up that beautiful machining!
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