Brake stopper,REP what you guys think?


Lol nice :p

What about TR Creations (TR for Thompson Racing :p ) :D
 
very interesting! never heard or seen this until today! sounds like a good investment, im interested. out of interest, to save me some hassle, how hard is it to fabricate? i may try make something myself here in SA - saves the hassle of importing etc...
 
along with what JT said i like the name.....

J.T motorsport !!! sounds like a firm that has been well established..

Little do they know joe, its simply you in your shed with you're arc mask going mad with the welding gun.. :p
 
Skar said:
very interesting! never heard or seen this until today! sounds like a good investment, im interested. out of interest, to save me some hassle, how hard is it to fabricate? i may try make something myself here in SA - saves the hassle of importing etc...
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The fabrication it self its that hard, but i know how to weld and how to make sure the welds are strong ect. fortunately iv got alot of tools, iv done a advanced apprenticeship in electronic engineering and im now currently doing a motor sport engineering degree and work for a race team, tbh it all depends on your skills mate
 
Topher-EK4 said:
along with what JT said i like the name.....

J.T motorsport !!! sounds like a firm that has been well established..

Little do they know joe, its simply you in your shed with you're arc mask going mad with the welding gun.. :p
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haha, i love how my names been established already! yeee well tbh the set up at home iv got is pretty good :) when iv got some ready to be sold and what not if anyone wants to collect il be happy to show them where it all goes on :nice:
 
Brake stopper looks spot on mate, hope it fits better than the tegiwa as i couldnt get the red bit on that sits against the master cylinder as there was no room for it. Brace looks well wicked too. Great venture you got going :nice:
 
yee i found that with mine :/ Although i wont be able to provide a little red thing as i don't have a lathe at home :( i need to work on that part as aswell as the bolt being fine i think people mite not be as happy without having the little end.
 
must admit, first thought that came to my head when i saw them was like - where is there no washer on the end to distribute the force? then i saw the post by tegiwa.. why not use the same type of bolt thats in the middle and 'small' tack weld onto a washer?? thus you are able to use it on the end of the screw that sits just behind of the cylinder. that'll do the job?(i was planning on doing it if i ordered/made one of these.

how much for one of yours JT?:p ill be ableto use paypal in a week or two so im interested if the costs involved arent too high.
 
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The reason why the Tegiwa one doesn't work with the red piece is that in copying the Cusco they missed one vital part; the thread on the tube. This means they have to use two nuts (the cusco only uses one on the front side which is threaded in the opposite way to act as a stop nut) then there is enough space to fit the red piece.

As you've used a nut then you've achieved the same effect :nice:
 
The reason ours doesnt fit with the red bit is that the MCS is designed for the EK4, with the EK9 having a 1" MC it sticks out further meaning no room.

This is however an easy modification which we are looking to make on our next batch
With regards the welding comments, anyone who has seen the ones made in the past 1 year will find its fine, we did have a bad batch a couple of years ago.

We could suppy the red bits for £2 each!

Johnny
 
imo both have there flaws! As both seem flimsy and flexible where the bolt attaches to the brace. A little more work and it would be great though. I might draw one up on CAD tomorrow to show you what i mean? I do like the idea of selling out primmered ones and letting the buyer spray it whatever colour they want, as the paint on the tegiwa items are pretty poor anyway.
 
I think thats what im going to do at first with the paint.
The design i showed at first will not be the finished article. It will allow the use of the whale style induction.

Im also going to remove some more metal to make it lighter but temper the steel to give more strength even though there is less metal.

Im going to bend some of the angles to allow work hardening (basically the there are no joints, and when the metal is bent correctly it become harder and stronger due to the dislocation of the Crystal structure of the metal)
 
but your still going to need to beef up the way the bolt is held onto the brace. not just a nut tacked on, still appreciate what you've done. :nice:
 
Great work!!!

Make some Lower subframe braces like an H-brace. Ill test one for you :p
 
elchunk said:
but your still going to need to beef up the way the bolt is held onto the brace. not just a nut tacked on, still appreciate what you've done. :nice:
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Well the bolt itself is fine and locates into a nut thats welded onto the brace. although u carnt see it on the picture i actually made a cut out where the nut sits and welded it all around and ensure the metal was fully penetrated so its all fused as one piece of metal.

Tbh there isnt as much force going onto the brace as most of you buys think, i can a sure you its more than strong enough to do the job :)

Also when i do sell then (soon) i will offer a guarantee, so if it does break we can sort it out :)
 
NeilVtec said:
Great work!!!

Make some Lower subframe braces like an H-brace. Ill test one for you :p
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I have give this a few thoughts, Im actually running one my self and there is alot of flex in it :/. I have no problems in designing and fabricating one, its just mine would be a little heavyer (not much) as id use HCS. I shell see :) but i will need a couple of people to maybe test my products
 
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