Magnesium wheels

[Cobra Pack]

I am all for spending money on my car. Unfortunately, the price I was quoted for the Kidney's was $1500/wheel - yes $6000 for a set!

[Sal Gerace]

Include me.

[bbrown]

A couple, few years ago, I chatted with Larry Bowman in the pits at Laguna during the vintage get together. He had Halibrand cast a number of magnesium 427 wheels and he still had sets available. Didn't ask the price as I was not interested in 427 style, but he did run quite a few sets. Might be worth checking with him, if anyone on the forum has contact info.

To 427 SO

Hmmm. Interesting bit on sourcing and cost. That sounds like a good reason the magnesium project I was working on in South Australia in 2002 went nowhere.

To o'brien

Please be careful. I have been playing with magnesium wheels for decades. If one of my wheels didn't hold air, it meant it was cracked. Magnesium castings should not be porous. It casts well and machines well.

Bert Brown

[eschaider]

This is a page on the M&A website that shows a number of wheels they already produce including what they call a GT40 MKII and also a Cobra FIA wheel. They look pretty nice from the pictures. No posted prices though ...

Click here ==> http://www.macastings.com/products.html


Ed

[Cobra Pack]

They do not sell wheels in individual sets. They only do large runs and you pay for the tooling. Their wheels are gorgeous in person.

[Power Surge]

Originally Posted by Cobra Pack

I am all for spending money on my car. Unfortunately, the price I was quoted for the Kidney's was $1500/wheel - yes $6000 for a set!

Do you have a pic of the reproed Kidneys?

[Cobra Pack]

The reproed Kidneys are not complete to my knowledge, but the molds are being made from original wheels. For me, I don't really care if they are mag or not.

If PS had their one piece Kidneys available in more that 6.5" I would buy them in a second. However, I can only get the right sizes in the 2 piece variety from them. I am just not comfortable running the 2 piece welded Kidney Bean wheels after extensive discussions with many vintage racers. Further, the 2 piece Kidneys look different than the original wheels - they look like two separate pieces (rim and center).

On another note - I have FIA/Comp 427 Competion Girling style brakes; original Kidneys do not clear them. The backsides are being machined to clear the big girling brakes since most vintage racers are using the Comp brakes.