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- Thread starter Spikey
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red reading
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I'm already on it for all sorts of aluminium parts, and you can do ali wish bones for road cars as aftermarket (need to be TUV/Bs/EN approved) as it will not meet the construction and use laws and thus your mot,insurance will be invalid.
red reading
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Already being priced, but would be interesting to see what price you can get and what grade of alloy they recommend, you may be cheaper which is all good
red reading
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Ask they what grade, because some need to be anodised (even though its strong) other wise it turn's into a furry white mess very quickley.
skiddusmarkus
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Not something I particularly want but something useful to use your wish on would be an alloy Z32 maf housing.
It would be ASTM B209 grade alloy if they make parts for BA. - I think it's pretty corrosion resistant because it's similar to stainless steels (i.e. Si/Cr/Ti/Zn additives).
I can get the full British Standard at work, but can't log on to the BSI website from here (in my new job I get things like this coming in for testing, but it's mainly ceramics for jet engines rather than aluminium alloys).
red reading
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in english for people, that means its aircraft grade aluminium that has a high content of silicon,chromium,titainium and zinc, if that is what they use.
And skiddus to make a billet z32 maf is expensive (getting the program written for a 5 axis cnc is the cost) per unit at low volume,i have been looking into that and have come up with another solution.
red reading
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spikey what about castor and camber adjustable strut tops for the front and or camber adjustable rears?
Trip
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Our cars from factory came with what is today called as a shit setup. they have a high KPI and low caster. In my opinion, it not the best idea to control camber from the top (or lower balljoint) as you will also increase the already high KPI. I have already CNC'ed plates for maximum caster on the turret (without effecting camber) and it is still not enough to come up to todays standards of around 7deg caster. ideally camber should be adjusted from between the knuckle and the shock mounting point.
These are the caster plates i did. the pic isn't clear as i took it from the wrong angle. The top part of the strut (above the big nut) is touching the turret. This will raises the car by 24mm to get enough clearance between the lower plate and turret for the nut to move further backwards under the torret
I have also created a adjustable plates with identical pattern to the aftermarket off the shelf topmounts but using maximum adjustability. These can be used either to give max camber (and also increasing KPI) as originally intended or turned round to give both camber and caster. (Jim's caster mod).
red reading
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trip, is'nt doing the above to such a large degree (changing the castor) afecting the bumpsteer and or ackermann angle?
red reading
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I can get it done too,it's not to expensive for multiple item's either (depending on colour)
Spikey
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I can make you an Alloy housing thats easy. Take a Pipe 80mm then the flange and Weld it together. make the hole for the sensor. stick it in then seal it and job done
200£ and its all yours But what's the advantage?
One difference would be, if you can make a good job of it then it shouldn't leak unlike the standard Z32 MAFI can make you an Alloy housing thats easy. Take a Pipe 80mm then the flange and Weld it together. make the hole for the sensor. stick it in then seal it and job done
I thought the group N manual (or what ever it is) just says to bin most of those heavy brackets rather than replace them with aluminium.So no one cares about the heavy Engine brackets? Im just trying to get weight off the front.
I saw some Interesting bits in this Fia Document of the Original Nme car they used some fancy stuff
I have it on my pc but can not upload it on here
There may be a galvanic corrosion issue to consider with two dissimilar metals attached to a block which is also an electrical earth.