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Old 07-18-2006, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Taylor, az
Cobra Make, Engine: Scratch built, 460
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I made my uprights out of 7075-T6 aluminum (had some sitting around from the P-40 project at work). Then I made the spindle from 4340 round rod (about $30.00 a foot). And everyone said I should have been a doctor instead of a helicopter monkey, ok, if I were a doctor I might just buy a Kirkham. I don't know what you mean by to and for numbers, I'll have my 1D-10T (Idiot) form in the mail tomarow. I just made them look like the Kirkham ones. I thought I would re-invent the wheel and place the upper ball-joint a little higher, but now it is about .250 from the tire to the edge of the ball-joint and 1.5 inch from top of tire to center of ball-joint. After I get the right hand lower a-arm fabricated, I will run the suspension through, and see if it gets any closer, although it shouldn't.
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