02-03-2011, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Lantana,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Just dreaming at this point
Posts: 201
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Guys,
I don't have a dog in this hunt but wanted to throw out a suggestion/question.
Has anyone approached the Kirkhams about making these wheels with their connections over in Poland? Kirkham most certainty has the CAD expertise to draw up the wheels in SolidWorks and run a full FEA on them to make sure they are optimized for weight and strength. From there is is just a matter of sourcing a magnesium caster, or better yet forging place to make the wheels.
When I was with Ford's SVT group we were looking at some magnesium forged wheels from somewhere in the Soviet Union. The US government had a program where they were subsidizing the development and manufacturing costs in order to keep these magnesium forging plants in business making car parts instead of fighter plane and missile/rocket parts.
If anyone can pull this off, and improve on the design it would be the Kirkhams. With their Polish connections I'm sure they could find someone to make them.
Just a thought/suggestion.................always worth a call.
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