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Actually the Miatahubs website doesn't make any claim about the material of the front hubs, only that they are billet. They appear to be aluminum, but idk.
If you look on the description of the rears it states:
"These are a ground up design and made of the same premium quality high carbon Billet steel that you know and love from the front hubs. MADE IN USA!"
So you're right that it doesn't state the material on the product description of the front but they are clearly standing up to abuse that aluminum would not.
Last edited by BMWidmer; Jun 23, 2020 at 12:43 AM.
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If you look on the description of the rears it states:
"These are a ground up design and made of the same premium quality high carbon Billet steel that you know and love from the front hubs. MADE IN USA!"
So you're right that it doesn't state the material on the product description of the front but they are clearly standing up to abuse that aluminum would not.
Well steel rear hubs are common because of the space constraints and all that. Even the V8R hubs are steel.
MH could be using aluminum in that area and get away with it because there's more space to work with, and judging by how thicc everything is, I wouldn't be surprised. After all, it wouldn't require significantly more thickness in steel for it to be strong enough to handle track duty. The similarity in design with the Wilwood hubs kinda backs that up.
I'll wait for an official word from the MH guy on what material it is. Regardless, they're a proven part that's ready to roll.
EDIT: Seriously, who tf gave me a negcat? Are you seriously THAT petty? Is "waiting for an official response from the actual manufacturer rather than speculate or use information derived from a different part" actually a problem?
We made some hubs last year that we wanted to fit in around the Wilwood price point, but then Wilwood came out with theirs and we shelved it. I haven't heard anything bad about Miatahubs other than price, and they seemed too heavy. Now that Wilwoods are failing left and right, would anyone be interested in us releasing a set of hubs around the $699-799 price point? The prototypes we made are 440C which is very high carbon but for production we might chose something more compliant. In CAD these were something like 10x stronger than stock on the flange. Now that the season was starting again we were asking a buddy to test them, but with no real urgency.
The bearing is a cartage style and is basically the OE size.
I'll wait for an official word from the MH guy on what material it is. Regardless, they're a proven part that's ready to roll.
They're steel.
Every decision we made on our hubs was about maximizing life and eliminating hubs as a failure point on the NA/NB. Cost and weight were less important.
Every decision we made on our hubs was about maximizing life and eliminating hubs as a failure point on the NA/NB. Cost and weight were less important.
We made some hubs last year that we wanted to fit in around the Wilwood price point, but then Wilwood came out with theirs and we shelved it. I haven't heard anything bad about Miatahubs other than price, and they seemed too heavy. Now that Wilwoods are failing left and right, would anyone be interested in us releasing a set of hubs around the $699-799 price point? The prototypes we made are 440C which is very high carbon but for production we might chose something more compliant. In CAD these were something like 10x stronger than stock on the flange. Now that the season was starting again we were asking a buddy to test them, but with no real urgency.
The bearing is a cartage style and is basically the OE size.
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