based in bradford, great service when i got mine there.
toiling in the cold garage trying to
fab up a prop................
anybody reccomend a good supplier of
props
http://www.propshaft.co.uk/
based in bradford, great service when i got mine there.
Me too, just down the road.
Take a look at THIS old thread.
emails winging their way to those
aformentioned company,s
thanks lads............
out of the for company,s i emailed only one bothered to reply
i was a little suprised at the £200 quote
so with a little help from a freind
ive made one ..... job,s a good un!!!!!!!
I don't know which one replied to you but I wouldn't tend to rely on email when trying to get a good quote. Some of the best companies are
too busy making and shipping good quality kit to bother washing their hands and responding to emails, especially when a large proportion of the emails
they receive have been copied to several other companies and the chances of getting a sale are slim. I know this is no excuse but it does
unfortunately happen all too often...
I phoned Autoprop UK about a year ago and a very nice guy called Mike (Barrett IIRC) gave me a quote of £96 +vat for a propshaft rated at 400BHP to
suit my Rover V8 to Sierra diff requirements. This is a brand new custom made prop with suitable flanges and all he needed was the flange face to face
length. The shaft also had a splined mid section with belows to allow up to 3/4" variation in the shaft length due to rubber mounting movement.
Lead time was 2-3 days from order and delivery was £12 UK wide.
Cheers,
Craig.
as craig says, i agree.
the one suggested by lee and myself (he gave me the details when i needed a prop last year) supplied mine for around 130ish (a while ago now so i
forget), with a tenner extra to guarantee the 400 bhp figure.
You'll never get that smokey old pinto to 400bhp Joel, or are you planning on using 3 bike engines now ? 
quote:
Originally posted by nige
out of the for company,s i emailed only one bothered to reply
i was a little suprised at the £200 quote
so with a little help from a freind
ive made one ..... job,s a good un!!!!!!!
BTW MK are only 40 miles from Scunthorpe - perhaps a Saturday morning trip may be in order?
I'd echo the concerns about home made props. Remember that the prop spins around 3.5 times faster than the rear driveshafts and has considerable
rotational momentum to do serious damage. Don't get me wrong, many people have made home-made prop's in the past but it's not for the
faint hearted or inexperienced...
If you are going to use your own prop then think contingency and armor-plate the tunnel to contain the shaft if it does fail.
Cheers,
Craig.
quote:
Originally posted by Wadders
You'll never get that smokey old pinto to 400bhp Joel, or are you planning on using 3 bike engines now ?
maybe not!
i will try not to take craigs comments personel, i am neither faint hearted or inexperianced, with 30yrs in engineering
behind me and nearly as many doing
cars @ home .
i would have gladly paid up to £120 ish
but as i said £200 was i consider a little
more than i wanted to pay
I'll endorse Autoprop as well - I probably spoke to the same bloke!
All he wanted to know was the make of gearbox, which of the 2 Escort diff flanges I had, and the distance between the two.
About £95 + P&P and VAT. Comes with rebuildable UJs with grease nipples - very convenient.
David
quote:
Originally posted by nige
i will try not to take craigs comments personel, i am neither faint hearted or inexperianced, with 30yrs in engineering
behind me and nearly as many doing
cars @ home .
In fact I was talking generally and not about your own prop-build on this
occasion. Two piece props with a centre bearing tend to cost £200+
Adam
Short car props are much less critical for balance but need to be straight. I've never heard of them being heat treated. Make sure you get the ends in phase same as they were on the original before you shortened it and you should be alright.
I'll go along with Craig and David with Autoprop.
So much so in fact, that I've had one in my car for a while now!
As has been said, they wanted to know what input (LT77) and output (Sierra 1.8CVH) and it turned yp a couple of days later!
Don't forget these things will be turning at up to 7000+rpm depending on engine!
ATB
Simon
quote:
Originally posted by Simon
I'll go along with Craig and David with Autoprop.
So much so in fact, that I've had one in my car for a while now!
As has been said, they wanted to know what input (LT77) and output (Sierra 1.8CVH
Don't forget these things will be turning at up to 7000+rpm depending on engine!
ATB
Simon
BAR propshaft in neath south wales, if you're in the area, great service with a smile, the owners into cars too which really helps!!
If only money was no object... http://www.torqline.com
[Edited on 22/2/05 by atomic]