Nighthawk
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 05:51 PM |
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Wishbones. . . .
Hi folks. We are a new company setting up to provide parts and services to the kit car community. We are starting with Locost front wishbones, however
before we start selling these we want to get your feedback on our prototypes. We have posted images in the photo archive and I will attach one here,
as we go on we will be posting other prototypes here and on our website www.nighthawk-components.com.
When we are satisfied that our products are ready for market we will offer them here first (Yes we will set up a trader account Chris!) then on our
own website and ebay.
Apart from wishbones we will be offering other fabricated parts and glassfibre bodywork. We are looking to be innovative in the use of materials and
design of parts and are open to suggestions for things for us to manufacture. We won't always be the cheapest but we are not looking at providing
straight copies of parts already available. Please coment on the forum, by u2u or email to info@nighthawk-components.com.
Thanks,
TNighthawk
 
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dave1888
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 05:57 PM |
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where bouts are based
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greggors84
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 06:13 PM |
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How about some new top wishbones for the MK indy, so give more castor, alot of people are having to bodge the set up to get the required self
centering.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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Peteff
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 06:21 PM |
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The top wishbone in your picture looks a bit tight for shock absorber clearance. Have you put a bottom bracket on and tried them on a chassis?
[Edited on 18/4/06 by Peteff]
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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big_wasa
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 06:27 PM |
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First things first. They look nice. Any close ups of the qualty of the welding please?.
As a manufacture I feel there is a hole in the market and you could fill it IMHO.
Standard geometory gives around 2-3 deg castor which isnt enough. The top wishbone needs ofseting by about 24mm to give 6 deg castor. Not the 11mm you
get from the book. Many manufactures will do this as a special but require all sorts of info including drawings. And lotts of sucking through teeth
and the utter of hourly rate.
So my question is can you do this to other wise standard wishbones ?
and how much for a full set including good quality poly bushes ect please.
I am interested.
Another question is what is your expected turn-around time ?
[Edited on 18/4/06 by big_wasa]
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Bob C
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 06:51 PM |
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Another obvious angle is to do a front end based on a different donor to the cortina! -
I used mx5 - this gave very good geometry with a std. book chassis (ie roll centre stays put) but there are others to consider, & they all have
their pros & cons
ATB
Bob
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Nighthawk
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 07:52 PM |
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Wow! Good response!
The bones are going on a book locost chassis this week.
The clearance for the coilover is tight but it should work though the coilover will be flatter than book. We have not set the coilover brackets until
we have them on the chassis.
We will be getting plates laser cut and don't intend to offer them for sale until we have stock, the interest here will detrmine the batch size.
The bones are built on jigs derived from the locost/ McSorely drawings if there is demand for other dimensions we will need to build appropriate
jigs.
The bones are TIG welded, check out the attached enlarged image for quality, I will take some better pictures when we have proved the prototypes.
We haven't set prices yet, as promised they will be for sale here first so we will post in the relevant section once we have Registered Trader
status and have some stock to sell!
Nighthawk
 
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SeaBass
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 07:55 PM |
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These look very nice, is this you??
Nighthawk Components
Elbe Street
Edinburgh, EH6 7BW
UK
[Edited on 18/4/06 by SeaBass]
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JoelP
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 08:21 PM |
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slightly modified photo for clarity. Looks nice. 
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Avoneer
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 09:27 PM |
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Putting the shocker at flatter angle isn't the best solution as the more vertical it is the better.
Have you though about rose jointing just the top one?
That should give you better clearance for the shocker as the V would be bigger and using rose joints inside standard top brackets will give you loads
of adjustability for castor by spacing with washers.
Also, bear in mind that some folk use the 2.5 id shocks and spings as well as the 1.9 id ones.
Sorry if I sound negative.
Apart from that, design and strength look good.
What wall thickeness is the steel?
Pat...
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Nighthawk
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| posted on 18/4/06 at 10:09 PM |
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Sea Bass,
Guess you went to hacker school! it is amazing what Whois turns up! sadly this is a registration address for the website, we are sorting out our
business address at the moment and it will be available on the website as soon as this is done.
Nighthawk
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Hugh Paterson
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| posted on 9/5/06 at 03:26 PM |
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Caber is currently snagging a couple of issues at the front of his chassis, turnaround time for anyone wanting to obtain a set front bones would be a
week or so if our current jigs are suitable for your build, other exotics or dimensions would add a couple of days to allow for the manufacture of new
Jigs.
regards
Shug.
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