love it when a plan comes togather

[A1quattro]

last nite i was chatting to my mate regarding sending a ur propshaft to 034 in the states so they can price up an alloy copy, i said to him i thought about sending it in a plastic drain pipe , he replied or a cardboard tube that new carpets are wrapped around. went to work [nites] got home this morn just before bin men came, and spotted a neighbor was thowing out a 15ft long carpet/tube , grabed it quick cut it to length and the prop incl cvs fitted [exact fit] i cut the centre bearing bracket off as it was to wide and im going for a single piece prop . now just need to get decent shipping cost

[quattrostyle]

Aren't there any local company's who are able to help with this? Maybe chef knows something?

[Error404]

Why send to 034?
I bet there are 20 firms in the UK who can do this, probably half a dozen who can do it in carbon. All of which I am sure would be cheaper than shipping it to 034 so they can outsource it to a specialist anyway. Speak to Terrybullwon he had a custom prop mde up for his racecar. We are lucky enough to live in a country that leads the world in motorsport engineering

[driftin jo]

http://www.ctgltd.com/product/aftermarket-propshafts

[europeanme]

http://www.ctgltd.com/product/aftermarket-propshafts

Oooooooo they are naughty!...

[s2driveruk]

hmmm, saw one of those in the flesh at last years Le Mans 24hrs about to be bolted up to one of the Aston's they looked seriously gorgeous

[Cottis]

Is that the old Crompton Technology Group? I think they are round the corner from MRC I think. Going over there tomorrow so will take a look.

[europeanme]

is that near the old Ascari place?

[Cottis]

That sort of area yeah. Bit further down into the Ind Estate, more towards the dead end bottom of the road of it I think.

[State'd RS2 Coupe]

Hmmm surprised that they don't have the specs already or couldn't get them from one of the other local Nor Cal specialists (JHM, 2 Bennett). As others mentioned, seems like a long way to go. And we did get the UR here, just nothing after...

[macspring]

Why send to 034?
I bet there are 20 firms in the UK who can do this, probably half a dozen who can do it in carbon. All of which I am sure would be cheaper than shipping it to 034 so they can outsource it to a specialist anyway. Speak to Terrybullwon he had a custom prop mde up for his racecar. We are lucky enough to live in a country that leads the world in motorsport engineering

A bit of leg work should see you get it done on home soil, which is always sweeter.

Wish I lived over there for the for the car part of my life.

[A1quattro]

light weight propshaft

I had already contacted several uk companys incl crompton technology group , they said it would be a min of £1k max £3k for a single prop and £3k to £6k for two piece , plus vat so even if its only £1k = £1200 with vat which i very much doubt proberly be around £2k the 034 alloy props are only $800 /apprx £400-500 . Also i think the carbon props are great but if a stone/rock flicks up hard i beleave they can shatter therefore i think the alloy option will suit the rallying better [wont shatter] and still save 3 0r 4 kg.

[Error404]

You get what you pay for. I can't see you saving anywhere near that much with alloy over steel to be honest. Don't forget you will need a larger wall thickness with alloy. If you take the CVs, UJ and centre bearing off a standard prop its really not very heavy at all. Best weight saving for sure will be single piece composite. If you are worried about damage why not make a shield for it out of a sheet of fibre?
You can probably save about an extra 500g by machining the outer race of the CV joints. They do wear out much faster though.

[andy10v]

If you are going mad with weight then did you see what Mance did with CV joints?

http://12v.org/audi/cvworkshop/

[Error404]

Yup that is what Porsche do with their motorsport joints... reduces the life of the joint to about 50 hours