Tapered Roller Bearing Hubs--IT'S HAPPENING
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Poor Mobius. If it makes you feel better, I would get in a passenger seat with you any day.
Although I did go around the track with Aidan, so my judgement may be impaired.
Also, interested in the hubs, and would be willing to be your designated rusty beater tester.
Although I did go around the track with Aidan, so my judgement may be impaired.
Also, interested in the hubs, and would be willing to be your designated rusty beater tester.
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1/10. Your post bothers me. Not because your are giving me grief , I expect that. But this is mt.net. Your effort was weak, and does not reflect the high standards we expect here from our members. I mean, that wasnt even low hanging fruit , that **** was on the ground. You put less effort into that than you did avoiding the tire wall at Turn 2. We expect better from you.
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Front and rear hubs, sans studs. Tapered Roller Bearing.
New rear hub is thicker than O.E., has a nice flare at the root, and is also Tapered Roller Bearing.
The Rear hub is thicker, has a nice transition at the root of the flange and also uses a tapered roller bearing.
The hubs came in yesterday and went out for testing today. The test will be for general use, temperature and overall track ability. The goal for the front hub is safety, longevity, and something that doesn't need servicing every season. The rear hub has a thicker flange with a nice transition at the root and also uses tapered roller bearings. We're looking at more than one spline type in order to accommodate the V8's.
New rear hub is thicker than O.E., has a nice flare at the root, and is also Tapered Roller Bearing.
The Rear hub is thicker, has a nice transition at the root of the flange and also uses a tapered roller bearing.
The hubs came in yesterday and went out for testing today. The test will be for general use, temperature and overall track ability. The goal for the front hub is safety, longevity, and something that doesn't need servicing every season. The rear hub has a thicker flange with a nice transition at the root and also uses tapered roller bearings. We're looking at more than one spline type in order to accommodate the V8's.
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So Cord, lets talk 5x114.3 bolt pattern for Catfish owners and future (Me) Catfish owners. This is EXACTLY what is needed to open up the wheel selection for the catfish. The catfish chassis/body looks to have the ability to fit 275 width tires wrapped around a 17x10 wheel. In a 4x100 bolt pattern, race wheels (flow formed) are in very short supply in a 17 inch wheel, most being gravity or low pressure cast wheels.
The new 17" 4x100 offerings from 949 and others give more options for wheels and tires. Personally I think the best Catfish setup for track is probably an uber-wide 15" rim with Hoosiers. The car sits 1" lower when on 15"s, and the unsprung weight savings over 17"s can be even 30lbs.
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I'm currently in Puerto Vallarta so sunscreen is a much higher priority for me than hubs. 😎
The new 17" 4x100 offerings from 949 and others give more options for wheels and tires. Personally I think the best Catfish setup for track is probably an uber-wide 15" rim with Hoosiers. The car sits 1" lower when on 15"s, and the unsprung weight savings over 17"s can be even 30lbs.
The new 17" 4x100 offerings from 949 and others give more options for wheels and tires. Personally I think the best Catfish setup for track is probably an uber-wide 15" rim with Hoosiers. The car sits 1" lower when on 15"s, and the unsprung weight savings over 17"s can be even 30lbs.
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Bob or Andrew or Emilio or Keith or a host of other people must know....there's got to be a point of diminishing returns with tire size, where any wider size will slow the car down unless you've got the aero to support it. The Catfish has never had a wing or splitter, so we don't know how fast even 235's will take us.
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I don't think it's aero so much as power. Wider tires add grip and also add drag (both from aero and rolling friction), whether you can make enough use of the extra grip to justify the loss in straight-line speed from the increase in drag is going to depend on how much power you have (well, and also on the course).
--Ian
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Bob or Andrew or Emilio or Keith or a host of other people must know....there's got to be a point of diminishing returns with tire size, where any wider size will slow the car down unless you've got the aero to support it. The Catfish has never had a wing or splitter, so we don't know how fast even 235's will take us.
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The power needed to overcome a 275/35 and actually go faster than the same car with a 245/40 is somewhere in the 325-350whp ballpark. If you have the funds to put a 350whp Catfish together, and you have the funds to consistently run a tire wider than the 275/35 that's already available, you probably have the funds to have some custom 16x12s made and run the car on Hoosier radial slicks. Putting something like a 285/30 on the car isn't going to help because it raises the chassis so much.
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The power needed to overcome a 275/35 and actually go faster than the same car with a 245/40 is somewhere in the 325-350whp ballpark. If you have the funds to put a 350whp Catfish together, and you have the funds to consistently run a tire wider than the 275/35 that's already available, you probably have the funds to have some custom 16x12s made and run the car on Hoosier radial slicks. Putting something like a 285/30 on the car isn't going to help because it raises the chassis so much.
Bitches be dreaming, actually make the gawddamn power and put it to the ground before you worry about not having enough tire with a 275
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The power needed to overcome a 275/35 and actually go faster than the same car with a 245/40 is somewhere in the 325-350whp ballpark. If you have the funds to put a 350whp Catfish together, and you have the funds to consistently run a tire wider than the 275/35 that's already available, you probably have the funds to have some custom 16x12s made and run the car on Hoosier radial slicks. Putting something like a 285/30 on the car isn't going to help because it raises the chassis so much.
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The power needed to overcome a 275/35 and actually go faster than the same car with a 245/40 is somewhere in the 325-350whp ballpark. If you have the funds to put a 350whp Catfish together, and you have the funds to consistently run a tire wider than the 275/35 that's already available, you probably have the funds to have some custom 16x12s made and run the car on Hoosier radial slicks. Putting something like a 285/30 on the car isn't going to help because it raises the chassis so much.
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