[DeTomaso] Aluminum Rear Carriers on Ebay

[mark skwarek]

Fred,
  If you don't mind what cartridge bearings were you planning to use. 
   
  Thanks
  Mark

F&D Terry <gt5s at bcpl.net> wrote:
  Yes. The quote was about $1500 for a single unit and reduced as volume 
increased to the point I could offer a pair for about the price of a 
single unit. My design featured an easily available cartridge style 
bearing that eliminates the need for preload adjustments. It used stock 
dimensioned axles and a needle bearing lower pivot shaft. I never 
pursued the design further because I didn't want to bear the expense of 
the prototype on the chance it might not be right.

I have been in touch with a local shop that made the claim they could 
translate Emachineshop's file to a useable CNC code but this has not yet 
happened. I understand it may be possible to use what I have to generate 
a 3D AutoCad file and generate some CNC code from that file. I know 
nothing about CNC programming and only enough about 3D AutoCad to get 
into trouble. Take a look at http://www.bcpl.net/~gt5s/upright.jpg for a 
look at the final design I came up with.

Fred T

littofreakydevil at aol.com wrote:

> Fred,
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>Since you designed it using emachineshop's software, did you get a quote for fun and see how much it would cost to have them make it? :)
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>Larry
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>From: F&D Terry 
>To: Mike Thomas 
>Cc: JDeRyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>Sent: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 5:04 am
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Aluminum Rear Carriers on Ebay
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>Mike,
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>Having made two aluminum intake manifolds for my superchargers, I 
>suggest those uprights are CNC machined from a solid. No evidence of any 
>welds welds can be seen from the 4 photos provided and the faces are 
>typical of the flat and uniform surfaces typical of CNC machining. I 
>designed an aluminum upright using EmachineShop's software and the 
>weight calculated by their software was about 6lbs.
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>Fred T.
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>Mike Thomas wrote:
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>>Right, thanks Jack
>>Wasn't really interested in buying them, more curious about them. Larry
>>Stock rebuilt my stock uprights a couple of years ago, and that will have to
>>do me for the duration.
>>Mike
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>>From: JDeRyke at aol.com [mailto:JDeRyke at aol.com] 
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:20 AM
>>To: mbefthomas at comcast.net; detomaso at realbig.com
>>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Aluminum Rear Carriers on Ebay
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>>In a message dated 8/15/07 6:22:22 AM, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:
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>><< Who makes these? They look nice, but are they much lighter? >>
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>>Likely weigh less than half the iron OEMs 20 lbs. But don't get too excited,
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>>Mike. I can't tell exactly from the single photo but they look like 
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>>fabrications and if so, the quality of the welds would be the determining
>>factor. I'd 
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>>want to see documents on heat-treat and X-rays before I installed & dumped
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>>clutch on our car. The lower section looks very open and unsupported.... If 
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>>they are weldments, the 'builder' could be anyone with a rear carrier for 
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>>reference, and a TIG welder. And a big pile of 6061. FWIW- J DeRyke
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