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| posted on 17/3/06 at 01:50 PM |
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cortina replacement prototype pics
finally had time to mock the first draft of upright up,
comments / thoughts / sugestions welcome
hope to have the first pair fitted to our orange road car for oulton and some on our stand along with the full raceleda setups for you all to have a
look at
they accept escort hubs and calipers with a bolt in stub, andf can be run with rodends or balljoints on all locations
best regards
marc
 
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marc n
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 01:51 PM |
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and another ( excuse the crappy painting they will of course be powdercoated )
best regards
marc
 
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marktigere1
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 02:00 PM |
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Look very nice Marc.
Do these fit your RT car or do you need a Sierra equivalent?
Also, do you have prices for your website yet?
Cheers
Mark
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NS Dev
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 02:01 PM |
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looking good Marc. What size is the stub mounting bolt? Just wonder cos it's a nasty loading on it, does it press into the welded on ring then
pull up with the bolt?
presumably (just to complicate things as usual!) you can alter the caliper mounts pretty easily on that as they aren't jigged??
(just thinking forward to the grasser and small discs/calipers)
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marc n
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 02:32 PM |
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quote:
Do these fit your RT car or do you need a Sierra equivalent?
yep because when you oreder a kit you can specify sierra or cortina uprights, if you already have a kit then you will need a new top wishbone
best regards
marc
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marc n
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 02:35 PM |
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What size is the stub mounting bolt? Just wonder cos it's a nasty loading on it, does it press into the welded on ring then pull up with the
bolt?
the stub axle retaining bolt is m12, the stub axle pushes into the welded boss and bolts from the rear to sandwich all the parts together, basically
identical to the raceleda but in steel.
yep can accept bike calipers ( using them on our grass track car ) will send you some pics of the final chassis nat to see what you think, the
prototype one i sent you pictures of we are putting a 600 cc engine in as a fun buggy for the fields 
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marc n
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 02:36 PM |
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all prices on the web will be updated on sunday along with most of the 50 - 100 new product lines
best regards
marc
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chockymonster
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 03:27 PM |
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Marc,
Any advantages of going for these for my and escort hubs/calipers than cortina stuff?
Paul
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Winston Todge
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 05:16 PM |
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They look like a great bit of kit Marc!
What's the weight saving? Better geometry?
Chris.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 08:33 PM |
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M12 ?
 
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mnr laptop
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| posted on 17/3/06 at 09:16 PM |
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thats an old picture, those are the early uprights, newer ones are a different stub axle, casting, and steering arm depending on which upright kit you
get
best regards
marc
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chockymonster
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| posted on 18/3/06 at 01:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Winston Todge
They look like a great bit of kit Marc!
What's the weight saving? Better geometry?
Chris.
That's what I'd like to know. I haven't sorted my uprights yet and wondered if I should be going for these or cortina bits.
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G.Man
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| posted on 19/3/06 at 07:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Winston Todge
They look like a great bit of kit Marc!
What's the weight saving? Better geometry?
Chris.
The geometry is cortina, but cortina uprights are like rocking hores manure these days...
Allows the use of M16 calipers and a substantial weight saving over sierra uprights...
A lot cheaper than the lighter (I would guess) ally uprights
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G.Man
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| posted on 19/3/06 at 07:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Winston Todge
They look like a great bit of kit Marc!
What's the weight saving? Better geometry?
Chris.
The geometry is cortina, but cortina uprights are like rocking horse manure these days...
Allows the use of M16 calipers and a substantial weight saving over sierra uprights...
A lot cheaper than the lighter (I would guess) ally uprights
[Edited on 21/3/06 by G.Man]
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NS Dev
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 11:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by marc n
quote:
What size is the stub mounting bolt? Just wonder cos it's a nasty loading on it, does it press into the welded on ring then pull up with the
bolt?
the stub axle retaining bolt is m12, the stub axle pushes into the welded boss and bolts from the rear to sandwich all the parts together, basically
identical to the raceleda but in steel.
yep can accept bike calipers ( using them on our grass track car ) will send you some pics of the final chassis nat to see what you think, the
prototype one i sent you pictures of we are putting a 600 cc engine in as a fun buggy for the fields
Heh heh! Really do need to get up to your place sometime for a nosey around!!!
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marc n
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 05:21 PM |
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Heh heh! Really do need to get up to your place sometime for a nosey around!!!
will even make you a brew when you visit
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Peteff
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 08:26 PM |
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like rocking hores manure these days...
What is that supposed to say, is there a "w" missing or an "s" in the wrong place?  Are you far from Knaresborough Mark?
I'm going up there when the weather picks up for a look round as it was brass monkeys last time and everything was shut.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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G.Man
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| posted on 21/3/06 at 08:30 AM |
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Originally posted by Peteff
What is that supposed to say, is there a "w" missing or an "s" in the wrong place? Are you far from Knaresborough Mark?
I'm going up there when the weather picks up for a look round as it was brass monkeys last time and everything was shut.
Spelling corrected... and I assume you Mean Marc not Mark.
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marc n
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| posted on 21/3/06 at 12:27 PM |
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hi pete
20 mins from knaresborough, quite a nice place during the day, you might want to leave you trip for a while if you are worried about the cold!!!! 1
degree here at the moment !!! and snow falling !!
when your in the area come and see us
best regards
marc
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