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Author:  mickmini [ Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Minisport UK alloy front hubs
Has anyone used these alloy hubs or similar?

http://www.minisport.com/mini-spare-parts/info_FAM2390AKIT.html

Or the rear hubs (KAD has something similar)?

http://www.minisport.com/mini-spare-parts/info_21A1277A.html

Thinking about this for a future project where weight minimisation is priority. Have to get my books out of storage to see if the metallurgy is right for the application. Won't necessarily use these exact ones because suspension angles will not be standard.

cheers
michael
Author:  TheMiniMan [ Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:45 am ]
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not yet,,, but i will be using them on my hillclimb-buggy very soon :-)
Author:  awdmoke [ Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:13 am ]
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Those rear hubs are a good weight saving at a decent price.
My front hubs are modified, so I don't think they'd work.
Author:  mickmini [ Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:21 pm ]
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TheMiniMan wrote:
not yet,,, but i will be using them on my hillclimb-buggy very soon :-)


You making your own Matt?
Author:  mickmini [ Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:22 pm ]
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awdmoke wrote:
Those rear hubs are a good weight saving at a decent price.
My front hubs are modified, so I don't think they'd work.


Modified how?
Author:  TheMiniMan [ Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:02 pm ]
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mickmini wrote:
TheMiniMan wrote:
not yet,,, but i will be using them on my hillclimb-buggy very soon :-)


You making your own Matt?


nah, i`ll just be buying those minisport ones, how can you go wrong for the price? & i was fully intending to use them when i first built the thing so i`m a bit behind the eight ball having to fit the new injected motor slowed down the weight saving process,,, but i`m getting there,,, alloy front & rear hubs, alloy 4-pot calipers, alloy super minifin drums at the rear, alloy alloy alloy & maybe some titanium force-racing drive flanges one day too :-)

the buggy was 290kgs with all the wings etc, so with all that lot it should come down in weight a decent tad hey? & Dale will be making me some sooper light wings for it some time soon, after he finishes making my aluminum trailer for it :-)
Author:  coopar [ Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:59 pm ]
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Is the driver trying to save weight aswell?!
Author:  TheMiniMan [ Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:00 pm ]
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coopar wrote:
Is the driver trying to save weight aswell?!


well,,, after my heart attack i somehow put on about 10kgs, so now i`ve got most of that back off ... so yes, i`m trying to get a fair bit lighter too, maybe another 8 or 10 kgs down is the target :-)

problem is tho, with all the exercise i`m doing i`m putting on more muscle & it`s heavier than the fat i`m loosing :-(

can`t have my cake , nor eat it either :-)
Author:  MrFail [ Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:35 pm ]
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TheMiniMan wrote:
problem is tho, with all the exercise i`m doing i`m putting on more muscle & it`s heavier than the fat i`m loosing :-(


Dont get too worried about that, as the increase in muscle mass will increase your metabolism. :wink:
Author:  awdmoke [ Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:14 pm ]
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Modified how?


The race car runs volvo vented discs and calipers.
Author:  mini13 [ Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:18 am ]
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Personally for a safety critical component like these I would go with the KAD front hubs, and rear hubs from specialist components.
Author:  TheMiniMan [ Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:02 am ]
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mini13 wrote:
Personally for a safety critical component like these I would go with the KAD front hubs, and rear hubs from specialist components.


I have no doubt that KAD hubs would be excellent quality, & i understand your sentiment , my buggy is only 290kgs so far far lighter so way less energy/load is placed upon the hubs than normal mini race usage

however, i`m yet to see or hear of a problem with the alloy hubs from any of the suppliers

have you got or have heard of some horror stories???
Author:  Beanie [ Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:04 pm ]
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i recently saw a car that had these very hubs on and at the track there was some flex in something we dont know if it was from the upright or wrom within the wheel ... but it was enough for the bottom of the wheel to have a bad score mark in it from the bottom ball joint ..

another interesting thing is that these are nearly a direct copy of the first version that KAD made ( that KAD also pulled because they werent happy )

for the few hundred grams difference i would stick with the standard ones .. orrrrrrrr if were rich the FORCE racing titanium ones
Author:  awdmoke [ Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:32 pm ]
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TheMiniMan wrote:
problem is tho, with all the exercise i`m doing i`m putting on more muscle & it`s heavier than the fat i`m loosing :-(


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Author:  mickmini [ Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:30 pm ]
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Beanie wrote:
i recently saw a car that had these very hubs on and at the track there was some flex in something we dont know if it was from the upright or wrom within the wheel ... but it was enough for the bottom of the wheel to have a bad score mark in it from the bottom ball joint ..

another interesting thing is that these are nearly a direct copy of the first version that KAD made ( that KAD also pulled because they werent happy )

for the few hundred grams difference i would stick with the standard ones .. orrrrrrrr if were rich the FORCE racing titanium ones


Thanks, that is the kind of info i am after.

cheers
michael
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