<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">you might also try Joe Siam at Chequered Flag racing or Richard Good at Goodparts - nothing on their websites but they might do something. Richard has some awesome looking TR6 axles and hubs.<div><br><div><div><div>On Jan 11, 2015, at 5:51 PM, Jason Ostrowski via Fot wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div dir="ltr"><div>Steve is an awesome source of knowledge but he is on a (hopefully temporary) sabbatical from actually making stuff it seems.</div><div><br></div><div>Regardless, I think you have the nuts and bolts of the idea spelled out from the few responses so far.</div><div>This is perhaps the most important part of building a better, stronger, faster Gt6. </div><div>I have 3 totally different setups in my racecars all of which are very different and all of which are race proven. </div><div>There is no right answer here. </div><div>The key point is that you need to (mostly) strengthen the outer axle and the hub.</div><div>You can use parts from the Corvair, Datsun, TR6, Porsche or something totally totally custom made.</div><div>In the green car, We have a monster torque (300lbs) custom made hub similar to what Joe C. described.</div><div>Its huge (made of billet steel) and uses the same type of dual (large GT6) bearings with a supporting spacer in between. The outer axle also is custom and quite large. </div><div>Once you have a good hub and outer axle that can handle the torque and stress, (there is no room for skimping here)</div><div>The rest of the assembly can fall on whats available and perhaps you may have or source for at reasonable $.(that is why you will see Corvair, Datsun, TR6 etc.) </div><div>In our case the hub/ outer axle was made to mate to the rotoflex and the stock GT6 inner axle which is totally fine (cheap) and requires no extra customization to the inner assemblies.</div><div> </div><div>So initially, you asked the question that says you are on the right track. </div><div>A good machinist is in order.</div><div>The job should simply be to help you eliminate that weak link and help you get it coordinated with what other parts you are using further inward (that's more up to you and several types will work fine).</div><div><br></div><div>Jason Ostrowski</div><div>Friendly Ghost Racing</div><div>1969 Triumph GT6 Racecars </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 1:14 PM, damys--- via Fot <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana">Thanks for the advice. I'll investigate all leads. </font></div><font color="#000000" face="Verdana"><br></font><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana">I've been trying to get ahold of Steve Smith through his aol account with no luck. Steve, are you interested in having a conversation, are you still providing hub and axle setups?</font></div><font color="#000000" face="Verdana"><br></font><div align="LEFT"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana">Dave</font></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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