Billet uprights who is seriously interested
13 October 2012, 07:08 PM
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Billet uprights who is seriously interested
I am seriously thinking about taking this project on guys, but would like to get an idea of who is interested. These would not be cheap for me to make, but we would be cheaper than others... exspecially if we made a small batch (5-10 sets) rather than a one off set. I would say there would be 40-50 hours in R&D AS I would have to draw these up from scratch from standard uprights/hub.
I would be looking to make the uprights and the hubs from 7075,,, then I think it would be wise to send them off for peening which would increase the strength even more... they would be pretty tough and the weight saving would be quite substantial compared to stock heavy steel uprights.
pic taken from another manufacturer in the States..
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13 October 2012, 07:09 PM
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would you need to make two versions??
13 October 2012, 07:19 PM
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Bling!
In what ball park would the pricing be, Chris?
13 October 2012, 07:40 PM
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In what ball park would the pricing be, Chris?
Very hard to say at the moment mate... MSI charge 4K!!
Maybe 1k
Yes, we would need to make two versions, I would like to say we could make a removeable top to adapt different calipers
13 October 2012, 07:52 PM
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Maybe 1k
Although I do understand the costs and time involved to make them. I'll just have to stick with my heavy steel ones.
13 October 2012, 09:00 PM
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Although I do understand the costs and time involved to make them. I'll just have to stick with my heavy steel ones.
Yep lota work involved in these mate
13 October 2012, 09:03 PM
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I would interested in them Chris
13 October 2012, 09:10 PM
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I would interested in them Chris
Ok great
14 October 2012, 12:47 PM
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I would be interested in some, they look brilliant
14 October 2012, 01:44 PM
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I no you do some great stuff and theses look great even fantastic what garantee do supply that theses will be strong enough
14 October 2012, 07:05 PM
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I no you do some great stuff and theses look great even fantastic what garantee do supply that theses will be strong enough
firstly 7075 is strong stuff plus it will be certificated to say the billet has been xrayed for any fractors.
These will have to go through quite a bit of testing on actual cars before we can of course sell them on .
14 October 2012, 07:07 PM
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firstly 7075 is strong stuff plus it will be certificated to say the billet has been xrayed for any fractors.
Well if you need any test pilots I'm here
16 October 2012, 09:30 PM
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Cool, brought a impreza today so will get them off and drawn up ASAP
17 October 2012, 12:29 AM
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17 October 2012, 06:38 AM
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i would have thought they will need tempering and anodising. would you machine them on 5 axis, probably do it in one op well maybe
17 October 2012, 11:21 AM
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If you had any idea of loads these would take (possibly OE design specs) they would be not too bad to make - I would want to see some kind of FEA analysis before putting something like this on my car (in reference to the state of the roads!)
17 October 2012, 11:53 AM
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Yes, they would be made on a 5 axis.
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Not at the moment i'm afraid. I dont have enough interest at the moment
18 September 2013, 07:26 PM
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bump!!! lets see if we can make this happen!!!
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Not at the moment i'm afraid. I dont have enough interest at the moment
News here?
01 January 2017, 11:25 PM
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Did this go ahead Chris ??
01 January 2017, 11:31 PM
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First post 2012 no info so far so I doubt it. Plus I've never seen these for sale anywhere.
01 January 2017, 11:43 PM
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Yeah I seen a couple of company's doing them but at a stupid price
02 January 2017, 02:34 AM
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Yeah I seen a couple of company's doing them but at a stupid price
He cant make simple parts that fit. Let alone somethimg complex like an upright
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Yeah I seen a couple of company's doing them but at a stupid price
I offered you my RCM ones at a steal price but you said you didn't need them lol
02 January 2017, 04:52 PM
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Get some photos up of them domino
02 January 2017, 04:58 PM
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U said they would run with my suspension
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Get some photos up of them domino
These have some geo settings built in but can't remember what they are off the top of my head
I also have the gobstopper 1 front and rear subframes and front arms to go with them
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13 October 2012, 07:08 PM
Billet uprights who is seriously interested
Maybe 1k
