Finding a solution to breaking gearcases on high power Rs
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Odin
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I don't think there will be many taker's for a new caseing lol, it would cost more than most of are cars are worth at the moment :shock: 
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I think the best option is the steel brace idea .
Mind you if I win the lottery anytime soon I'll buy you all a new caseing :lol: :lol: , But don't hold your breath :lol: .
rob
.I think the best option is the steel brace idea
.Mind you if I win the lottery anytime soon I'll buy you all a new caseing
:lol: :lol: , But don't hold your breath :lol: .rob
Rishi
Still waiting on some shims!
Hear that everyone... If Rob wins the lottery, even if its only a tenner he's paying for new casings for all of us...vpulsar said:I don't think there will be many taker's for a new caseing lol, it would cost more than most of are cars are worth at the moment :shock:
I think the best option is the steel brace idea
Mind you if I win the lottery anytime soon I'll buy you all a new caseing
rob
Awful decent of you Rob...
:lol: Rishi
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KRS
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Im intrested, but we gotta get them to lower that price.
Im sure more people would be intrested if they can bring it down to a 3 figure number. They would potentialy make more money this way. £1500 is to much for just the end caseing.
Im sure more people would be intrested if they can bring it down to a 3 figure number. They would potentialy make more money this way. £1500 is to much for just the end caseing.
RishiGTiR said:
Personally I would rather have a new steel end casing than some bodged looking brace (no disrespect Sid)
We need to find out how many people would be interested and let the survey/question run over a period of a couple of weeks. Stick it up on the GTIR modders site as well.
Then compile a list of potential buyers, then take the list to a number of manufacturers, they then decide weather they actually want the job, then weigh up the figures and set a sale price to balance there expenditure and profit margin.
This means we need as many buyers on that "list" as possible to help spread the costs of initial pattern.
Perhaps Forge would be worth contacting
They could/would use the original casing as a base then add extra thickness to the week area and build in some external ribbing, make a patten then use it to re-cast a new casing..
Shame we did not know anybody who works in a foundry (dying art these days). Then you would have to machine the inner casing to original spec.... I used to work in a place that could have done all of this no problem but it closed down years ago.
It does not have to be a gearbox specialist as they will also use a foundry to produce the final casing....does anybody know of a Foundry and Engineering company like this? I know its a long shot but worth a try.
Also very interested to see what Ian will do at Hi-Teq...
Cheers
Phil
Shame we did not know anybody who works in a foundry (dying art these days). Then you would have to machine the inner casing to original spec.... I used to work in a place that could have done all of this no problem but it closed down years ago.
It does not have to be a gearbox specialist as they will also use a foundry to produce the final casing....does anybody know of a Foundry and Engineering company like this? I know its a long shot but worth a try.
Also very interested to see what Ian will do at Hi-Teq...
Cheers
Phil
I have just spoken to a contact of mine who has several large (£750,000 :shock: ) 3D water engraving/carving plants and also has some monstrous CNC Milling machines and these things are truly amasing, water jets as fine as 0.5mm cut through 6" of steel in one pass
He suggested basically milling and water cutting a new end casing out of a solid lump of billet Alloy or steel, using the original end casing to get a 3D map from.
He's going away for a week as from tonight but will be back in a week. I'll take my spare end casing down to him and see if he thinks it's conceiveable, sounded very promising though.
He suggested basically milling and water cutting a new end casing out of a solid lump of billet Alloy or steel, using the original end casing to get a 3D map from.
He's going away for a week as from tonight but will be back in a week. I'll take my spare end casing down to him and see if he thinks it's conceiveable, sounded very promising though.
.......if it were made out of a single lump of billet alloy then I'm sure that would be fine.
On the subject of temperatures and expansion then the materials a brace & plate system would have to carfully considered as well
On the subject of temperatures and expansion then the materials a brace & plate system would have to carfully considered as well