When was the last time you changed your rear hubs?
08-30-2017, 12:18 PM
#244
le sigh
There are four different shops working on front hubs, some of which are public and/or released already. No high strength direct replacement rears for 4x100 and OEM halfshafts in the works that I know of.
At least one of which remains private for now. Of the ones I have seen, I think there is still some work to do.
On one hand, it's great that the platform is popular enough and has a customer base willing to spend the needed dollars to embiggen the performance envelope. I'm adopting a wait and see on front hub designs.
OTOH, I dread having to throw my hat into the ring if the current crop does not bear fruit. Just looked up the etymology of that phrase, thanks Ted. Miixed metaphors FTW. Anyway, it would be a big, expensive project. But as of today, there is still no cost effective solution to resist the now common 1.3 on street legal tires and 1.7g from Hoosiers. Add to those loads, the exploding (too soon?) popularity of club level endurance racing and it's a crisis point for the platform's development.
At least one of which remains private for now. Of the ones I have seen, I think there is still some work to do.
On one hand, it's great that the platform is popular enough and has a customer base willing to spend the needed dollars to embiggen the performance envelope. I'm adopting a wait and see on front hub designs.
OTOH, I dread having to throw my hat into the ring if the current crop does not bear fruit. Just looked up the etymology of that phrase, thanks Ted. Miixed metaphors FTW. Anyway, it would be a big, expensive project. But as of today, there is still no cost effective solution to resist the now common 1.3 on street legal tires and 1.7g from Hoosiers. Add to those loads, the exploding (too soon?) popularity of club level endurance racing and it's a crisis point for the platform's development.
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09-01-2017, 01:46 PM
#255
There are four different shops working on front hubs, some of which are public and/or released already. At least one of which remains private for now. Of the ones I have seen, I think there is still some work to do.
On one hand, it's great that the platform is popular enough and has a customer base willing to spend the needed dollars to embiggen the performance envelope. I'm adopting a wait and see on front hub designs.
OTOH, I dread having to throw my hat into the ring if the current crop does not bear fruit. Just looked up the etymology of that phrase, thanks Ted. Miixed metaphors FTW. Anyway, it would be a big, expensive project. But as of today, there is still no cost effective solution to resist the now common 1.3 on street legal tires and 1.7g from Hoosiers. Add to those loads, the exploding (too soon?) popularity of club level endurance racing and it's a crisis point for the platform's development.
On one hand, it's great that the platform is popular enough and has a customer base willing to spend the needed dollars to embiggen the performance envelope. I'm adopting a wait and see on front hub designs.
OTOH, I dread having to throw my hat into the ring if the current crop does not bear fruit. Just looked up the etymology of that phrase, thanks Ted. Miixed metaphors FTW. Anyway, it would be a big, expensive project. But as of today, there is still no cost effective solution to resist the now common 1.3 on street legal tires and 1.7g from Hoosiers. Add to those loads, the exploding (too soon?) popularity of club level endurance racing and it's a crisis point for the platform's development.
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09-06-2017, 09:09 AM
#257
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Hubs, breaking under track use, escape liability as they are "not intended" for racing or track. Hubs built for the track lose that protection. I am sure that Emilio went down this road with the development of the 6UL Probably one of the reasons for any of the major groups not jumping on this needed component. Sufficient demand has always been there.
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09-18-2017, 11:14 AM
#258
Lost another rear hub yesterday. The current hubs were installed in February 2016 and have ~150 track hours in a car that does 1.2-1.3Gs in the turns.
This time, it popped on track but I retained the wheel -- it's good to be lucky. Car isn't driveable though (engine torque spins the center of the hub, but not the wheel -- sounds awful).
Pictures to come.
This time, it popped on track but I retained the wheel -- it's good to be lucky. Car isn't driveable though (engine torque spins the center of the hub, but not the wheel -- sounds awful).
Pictures to come.
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09-18-2017, 12:15 PM
#260
We have been swapping them at 2-3 years or 75~100hrs. But yeah, once a year is practical and realistic. If this were aircraft, the part would be timed out much sooner. If it were a high level pro race team it would be swapped every race.
There are new options in the works but no ETA as yet.
There are new options in the works but no ETA as yet.
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