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sixshooter 09-08-2018 02:18 PM
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Are yours really old? Are you the original purchaser? He sent out updated components. The short bolt version was replaced with a long bolt version.

sixshooter 09-08-2018 02:50 PM
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The cut size and dimension of this part in your pictures looks very different from the one I have. Yours has a lot more material outboard of the spherical bearing. The bearing is very snug in the one that I've got, too.

afm 09-08-2018 03:06 PM
Originally Posted by sixshooter (Post 1500751)
Are yours really old? Are you the original purchaser? He sent out updated components. The short bolt version was replaced with a long bolt version.
All these tips refer exclusively to the new, “long bolt” version of the FUCA hardware. I have no experience with the older versions, only with new 2018 parts.

This thread is meant to be a “missing manual” for people installing the arms.

afm 09-08-2018 03:09 PM
Originally Posted by sixshooter (Post 1500759)
The cut size and dimension of this part in your pictures looks very different from the one I have. Yours has a lot more material outboard of the spherical bearing. The bearing is very snug in the one that I've got, too.
I think the different amount of material outboard of the bearing is due to the fact that your picture shows the snap ring side, while mine show the “shoulder” side. You are showing an area with a bigger ID, therefore the apparent “wall thickness” is lower.

sixshooter 09-08-2018 04:19 PM
Gotcha.

I wonder why they have a 12pt bolt head on mine and a Allen head on yours.

Mine's from this year.

boileralum 09-08-2018 06:03 PM
Originally Posted by sixshooter (Post 1500779)
Gotcha.

I wonder why they have a 12pt bolt head on mine and a Allen head on yours.

Mine's from this year.
Probably because the first ones sent out this year didn’t fit at all. I’ve missed 6 track events and a whole season of autocross thanks to this crap.

hector 09-20-2018 07:03 PM
Stupid question considering all the work to make them "work" but what was the weight savings?

boileralum 09-20-2018 07:47 PM
Originally Posted by hector (Post 1502717)
Stupid question considering all the work to make them "work" but what was the weight savings?
“Not with the headache” pounds.

Dietcoke 10-03-2018 02:23 AM
bob ripped the kingpin out of one of the lowers last weekend. spooky.

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...34&oe=5C61C975

sixshooter 10-03-2018 07:08 AM
That looks like a fabricated steel arm.

Dietcoke 10-03-2018 05:36 PM
Originally Posted by sixshooter (Post 1504556)
That looks like a fabricated steel arm.
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...06&oe=5C4E0DFA

Nope. Initial reports are he pulled it straight through the aluminum collar area that retains it in place - obviously the thinnest spot, and it just failed on the track sending him off. Could have been worse.

aidandj 10-03-2018 05:41 PM
Is that powder coated?

Dietcoke 10-03-2018 08:08 PM
Not sure. Looks like it. Annealed maybe in the oven.

themonkeyman 10-04-2018 08:38 AM
Originally Posted by Dietcoke (Post 1504733)
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...06&oe=5C4E0DFA

Nope. Initial reports are he pulled it straight through the aluminum collar area that retains it in place - obviously the thinnest spot, and it just failed on the track sending him off. Could have been worse.
Why would they deaign an arm that doesn’t use the Miata ball joint? It has ample attachment points and has proven itself pretty robust. Plus it would prevent a situation like this from happening.

unk577 10-04-2018 01:56 PM
Originally Posted by Dietcoke (Post 1504550)
bob ripped the kingpin out of one of the lowers last weekend. spooky.

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...34&oe=5C61C975
Who owns the Exocet?

Dietcoke 10-04-2018 08:15 PM
Originally Posted by unk577 (Post 1504948)
Who owns the Exocet?
Bob Cowan. Racingtheexocet.com

Joe Perez 10-04-2018 08:40 PM
Nothing in this entire thread makes me think that the product being described isn't vastly worse than the OEM part for all practical purposes.

Bronson M 10-05-2018 09:09 AM
Eww, heim ends in bending.......no thank you

18psi 10-05-2018 10:14 AM
Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1505018)
Nothing in this entire thread makes me think that the product being described isn't vastly worse than the OEM part for all practical purposes.
But would you change your mind if it was painted purple?

afm 10-05-2018 11:55 AM
Originally Posted by Bronson M (Post 1505076)
Eww, heim ends in bending.......no thank you
That is why I only bought the uppers.


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