[DeTomaso] Aluminum Rear Carriers on Ebay

[Ken Green]

Mark,
   
      That was Tyler Stone.  Hi is still pursing this, but has had trouble with the CNC programer who was suppose to generate the code.  I can call him today and see what I can shake out of him.  Both Tyler and a guy working with him are Off Road guys, and are very familiar with CV half shafts and what they call micro stub axles.  I think they have invested some time and cash in this, and it would be fair to give them a little more time to get the CNC program and start production.  
   
     Tyler originally was offering solid rotors because that's what they use on off road racing, but I think a lot of people will want large vented rotors.  I'm taking with them now about that, and it looks like they will offer two or more options on the brakes.
   
  Ken
   
      Ken

Mark Tumbarello <ollerabmut at msn.com> wrote:
  
Who was the Baja Truck guy in Vegas a couple years ago that was building a billet aluminum rear upright with off the shelf sealed bearings? He had axels, CV joints, and complete disc brake set ups. He was talking in the $4,000 range for the entire pakage. Anybody know what happened to him? > Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:24:32 -0700> From: asajay at asajay.com> To: detomaso at realbig.com> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Aluminum Rear Carriers on Ebay> > I think I would be interested in new uprights, but not in magnesium, and > they would need to fit off-the-shelf bearings that were easy to replace, > high quality and race-ready.> > Asa Jay> > Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired> > & Shelley Marie> Spokane, WA> > 1973 Pantera L 5533> [ASASCAT]> > ****************************** > http://www.asajay.com> http://www.351c.info> > > > > Peter Havlik wrote:> > Mark:> >> > There are two factors influencing my decision. First is the strength > > and durability of the magnesium uprights. Magnesium
 is prone to rapid > > corrosion, and I would hate to go to the trouble and expense of > > acquiring and installing the magnesium uprights if they were either > > unsafe or short-lived. Magnesium needs to remain perfectly sealed in > > order to prevent corrosion, and this struck me as difficult if not > > impossible to achieve in a suspension component. It makes little > > sense to make this modification in search of improved performance and > > then wind up being afraid to drive the car lest a rock chip the > > finish and expose the magnesium to water or other corrosive > > contaminants. The safety issue is also a big one for me - I have no > > idea how or if these uprights were engineered, and I would want to be > > sure they were at least as strong as the originals.> >> > The second concern, of course, is cost. That's why I suggested that > > if enough of us committed to buying them, perhaps we could get a > > better price. So far I count three expressions of interest.
 If enough > > people add theirs so that we can achieve some economy of scale, I > > would be willing to call Pat to see if he would be interested and > > what the price could be brought down to. And, yes, they will not be > > cheap, but they will hopefully be proven and much more true to the > > original design than using Corvette parts.> >> > Now we just need one of the engineers on this list to look at them > > and tell us if they are truly sound. I would also want to know for > > sure if they will work on late model cars although, if I recall > > correctly, Pat said they would.> >> > - Peter> >> > ------------------------------> >> > Message: 9> > Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:19:55 -0700 (PDT)> > From: mark skwarek > > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Aluminum Rear Carriers on Ebay> > To: detomaso at realbig.com> > Message-ID: <217593.23613.qm at web35811.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1> >> >> >> > mark skwarek wrote: Espen and Peter,> >> > I suggest
 you contact Pat about his making some uprights for you. > > I know that he has available to him some raw castings.> >> > I don't know what your idea of reasonable is but they won't be cheap.> > Mark> >> > Espen Graffer wrote:> > Mee too. I'm in.> >> > espen in norway> >> > --------------------------> >> > _______________________________________________> >> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> >> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> >> > DeTomaso mailing list> > DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> > http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso> >> >> > > _______________________________________________> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> > DeTomaso mailing list> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
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