Hellfire
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| posted on 29/10/05 at 08:50 PM |
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New MK Engineering Uprights/Hubs
Today I saw a new Upright/Hub manufactured by Martin the founder of MK Engineering.
The new Upright/Hub assembly looks clean and neat whilst being light and simple.
It's still under development and is in the prototype stage but this is a sneak preview of the item
 
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welderman
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| posted on 29/10/05 at 08:52 PM |
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Looks pretty inpressive, wonder if thats for his new seven type car.
Thank's, Joe 
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 29/10/05 at 09:54 PM |
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looks like a formula ford upright , nothing wrong with that of course !!
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Triton
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| posted on 29/10/05 at 10:01 PM |
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Hotbuggy uses something very similar
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
www.hairyhedgehog.com
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Peteff
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| posted on 29/10/05 at 11:34 PM |
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What keeps it facing forwards?
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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Rorty
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 04:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
What keeps it facing forwards?
An arm out each side with a large pair of MoleGrips.
They look like real monsters. The sand cars in the US have been using tubular spindles for about 30 years, but they're really light and much more
compact.
This is the other extreme to MK's.
BTW, these are definitely not of my design or making!
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Avoneer
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 08:51 AM |
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Why aren't we all using something like that Rorty?
Thanks,
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paulf
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 09:23 AM |
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How do you get the correct inclination angle, scrub radius etc ?.I can see how the camber and castor are set by wishbone position but doesent it also
require an offset between the swivel points?
Paul.
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G.Man
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 10:06 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by paulf
How do you get the correct inclination angle, scrub radius etc ?.I can see how the camber and castor are set by wishbone position but doesent it also
require an offset between the swivel points?
Paul.
Just what I was thinking, surely the upper fitting should be further inboard than the lower fitting?
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Avoneer
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 10:23 AM |
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They're dead vertical on the Mk2 Escort upright which is widely used on the Fury and Phoenix (and Striker I think) due to it's weight (a
lot less compared to the Cortina and Sierra ones) and better geometry.
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G.Man
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 10:41 AM |
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cool
Havent seen the escort ones, hence my query
Should be lighter and better than sierra ones thats for sure
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Avoneer
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 10:58 AM |
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Here's a pic I previously posted of a Mk2 Escort one (modded by adding a ball joint to the top) and Stuart Taylors new one.
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Mad Dave
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 11:00 AM |
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quote:
Just what I was thinking, surely the upper fitting should be further inboard than the lower fitting?
I saw these on Saturday too, the upper mount is inboard of the lower by approx 8 degrees.
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carnut
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 03:19 PM |
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Will MK be selling these?
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Rorty
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 10:07 PM |
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If you think of the tubular part like a gear stick; you just revolveit and angle it to wherever you want the bearings for the chosen camber/castor.
Here are a couple more tubular uprights the first one is from a sand car which is probably only 50 kg lighter than a Locost.
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Rorty
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 10:09 PM |
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The second one is for a much heavier car, perhaps up to 1750 kg.
Cheers, Rorty.
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