INDY BIRD
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| posted on 20/2/12 at 11:09 PM |
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Striker weight loss now with pics
Been in the garage today working on the car a long day but lots done,
Total weight loss on the car now an impressive 58kg,
Fitted new will wood brakes today and mangaed to modify and fit my caterham r500 magnesium alloys with cr500 tyres, very nice indeed,
I think that's all I am likely to loose now nbut very happy with that, wheels and brakes saved over 9 kg a corner,
When I was fitting the brakes I noticed the hubs was different on each side they are ford Capri , escort uprights but one hub the disc takes up the
space of the hub and about 100mm ish but the other it has the hub joining the disc with and insert of only about 10 mm hard to explain will post some
pics up to help description,
Can't wait to get it all finished and on track now,
Thanks all,
 
hub 1
 
hub 2
[Edited on 20/2/12 by INDY BIRD]
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 20/2/12 at 11:20 PM |
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You can't make a post like that Sean and not put any pictures up
Thats better ,
You can't understand why someone would fit different hubs like that, very strange
[Edited on 19/05/04 by PAUL FISHER]
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rost
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 07:00 AM |
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How'd you get the 13" wheels to fit? Do you have an IRS striker?
Charlie don't surf!
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jeffw
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 07:06 AM |
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There is another few kilos replacing the pig iron with alloy hubs.
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Proby
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 08:02 AM |
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Very good! Do you have a list of what you binned/changed apart from wheels/tyres/brakes? Would be interesting to know!
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adithorp
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 08:32 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
There is another few kilos replacing the pig iron with alloy hubs.
...and you could get 2 from the same car. Not sure which hubs come from what car but those aren't from the same vehicle. I'm sure
there'llbe an Escort/Cortina/Capri expert along soon to identify them.
Just had a look through an old brake catalog ang can't identify the second picture as any of the above, but there ae some gaps in the listings.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 08:41 AM |
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Yep could replace the hubs but looking at the 2 pics they are different so just wondered if anyone new why? They are all the same geometry but just
wondered why this discs / hubs are differebnt ?
I list up the bits later for you,
Yes it's a IRS chassis quite a bit of fettling with the hubs and A arms changed the top joint to a Rose joint etc will try to get some pics at
some point,
Cheers any one like to take a guess at the discs / hubs,
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FuryRebuild
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 08:47 AM |
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Wow - great results.
I have a list of weight-loss proposals on my blog about the car rebuild
FuryRebuild.co.uk, but at the moment, i'm hitting the low-hanging fruit, like an
engine swap.
I haven't started but will also do the things such as shortening all bolts that need it, etc. I don't feel the urge to get as fanatical as
a friend of mine to drills out his bolts as well. Saying that, he wins championships in his TR7 so he knows what he's talking about.
I do have to require lots of the engine bay, so will be going to get lightweight wire to take the current - seems silly not to.
Great post - please keep up the details on this one.
Thanks
Mark
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 09:03 AM |
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List of bits
1 removed full screen for aero screen,
2 removed wiper motor and arms
3 moved washer bottle
4 removed all carpets and centre tunnel top, replaced top with Ali panel carbon 3m wrapped
5 removed cibbie 7 "headlights for smaller 4" lights
6 removed and replaced cat silencer for a carbon and Ali can over 4 kg saved here, will post pic of can once fitted looks the dogs wotsits,
7 removed m16 brakes for will woods powelites and mintex 1144 pads solid discs,
8 changed wheels from 15" with Toyo tr1s tyres to caterham r500 wheels with cr500 tyres over 6kg a corner saved on these alone
Total loss 58 kg
I could go crazy and save more weight by changing front hubs, changing all etb dials to digi dash, rear callipers to powwrlites, light weight body
work bonnet and nose cone,but I think I'll stop here for now,
As I'm near my target weight off 500 kg,
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rost
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 09:07 AM |
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Some pictures of the rear mods would be very helpful for me!
Charlie don't surf!
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 09:49 AM |
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When I was collecting parts I had a 3.0litre capri front hub that looked like the second picture. It was a while ago though.
Surely this is a great excuse to swap to two identical alloy hubs?
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jeffw
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 09:52 AM |
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Are the discs not different as well? Seems odd to run different hubs side to side.
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 10:04 AM |
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No discs are the same even so just got some time to googled it and yep one is a capri disc and the other is cortina, but they are the same,
Thanks all perhaps I'll look to change them to match an save some weight, any recommendations rally designs etc,
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jeffw
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 11:19 AM |
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The Rally Design ones work well...make sure you get the small bearing version.
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 12:51 PM |
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Any pictures of the wheels fitted on the car Sean, still can't make my mind up on which 13" wheels to go for on mine, the Caterham, or
CXR's or the Pro race 
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loggyboy
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 01:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by INDY BIRD
No discs are the same even so just got some time to googled it and yep one is a capri disc and the other is cortina, but they are the same,
Thanks all perhaps I'll look to change them to match an save some weight, any recommendations rally designs etc,
I think they are slightly cheaper from Peter LLoyd via ebay.
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ali f27
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 04:21 PM |
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alloy hubs
Hi i have pair of escort alloy hubs bought them wrong mine are cortina 1 has little bit of damage when pressing bearing in but doe,s not affect it so
would be cheap just thought i would offer Cheers Ali 07933787810
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 06:01 PM |
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wheel pic of rear
 
r wheel
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pekwah1
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 06:17 PM |
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out of interest, what are you doing with the m16 calipers?
mine aren't in great shape and i'm considering just getting some different ones.....
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 07:12 PM |
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I will be selling the m16 callipers off with pads like new and braided brake lines incl,
Thanks
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pekwah1
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| posted on 21/2/12 at 10:05 PM |
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do you have a price in mind, might well be interested!
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 22/2/12 at 07:04 PM |
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Price for calipers with pads like new, and braided lines £60 plus p&p they are fully working with the rare 12 to 7/8 nuts inluded,
Thanks Sean
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 23/2/12 at 07:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
quote:
Originally posted by INDY BIRD
No discs are the same even so just got some time to googled it and yep one is a capri disc and the other is cortina, but they are the same,
Thanks all perhaps I'll look to change them to match an save some weight, any recommendations rally designs etc,
I think they are slightly cheaper from Peter LLoyd via ebay.
And even cheaper from me
Ben
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 23/2/12 at 09:32 PM |
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Thanks Ben u was very helpful before not sure what to do now checked al geometry and is fine say may just leave for now need to save some pennies
Thanks Sean
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 23/2/12 at 10:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by INDY BIRD
Thanks Ben u was very helpful before not sure what to do now checked al geometry and is fine say may just leave for now need to save some pennies
Thanks Sean
Yeah you'd only need to change them if you were seriously trying to reduce the weight. £300+ is a lot to spend to save a few more kgs.
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