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Title: Titanium rotor breaking cover!
Post by: HaywardRotary on March 03, 2012, 11:04:25 AM
This is something we are working on right now.
Title: Titanium rotor breaking cover!
Post by: wolfie1 on March 03, 2012, 02:18:04 PM
Looks awesome!
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Post by: jetpilot on March 03, 2012, 02:40:19 PM
Thats a sh*t load of titanium, would hate to think of the cost :)
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Post by: HaywardRotary on March 03, 2012, 02:51:23 PM
Quote from: jetpilot;814693Thats a sh*t load of titanium, would hate to think of the cost :)

The design and machining are where the major cost lies.
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Post by: B.Martin on March 03, 2012, 02:57:29 PM
Awesome, what happened to those billet rotors?
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Post by: jetpilot on March 03, 2012, 03:40:19 PM
Quote from: HaywardRotary;814694The design and machining are where the major cost lies.

For sure, its not often you see a huge lump of expensive stuff though :)

What are the advantages, strength and weight?
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Post by: m1tch on March 03, 2012, 04:01:07 PM
Those are going to be crazy light! Keep up the top work!
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Post by: batman on March 03, 2012, 05:10:41 PM
had a look the ther day keep it going carl looks fab
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Post by: HaywardRotary on March 03, 2012, 08:47:30 PM
Quote from: B.Martin;814695Awesome, what happened to those billet rotors?

This is the next level on what we did before.
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Post by: Brett on March 03, 2012, 08:50:54 PM
Nice work, are you doing the tooling yourselves?
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Post by: B.Martin on March 03, 2012, 09:31:28 PM
Ah makes sence, is this available on the fd and FC engines? (I don\'t know if there is a difference in the rotors between the 2)
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Post by: Ricco_04 on March 03, 2012, 11:26:16 PM
Quote from: HaywardRotary;814722This is the next level on what we did before.

How much lighter than ali will this rotor be?  Where the ali ones up to the job long term?
Title: Titanium rotor breaking cover!
Post by: batman on March 04, 2012, 07:51:58 AM
as carl explained to me martin the difference is the ali rotor was light but expanded with heat this is titanium so will still be light but be more able to cope with the heat
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Post by: jetpilot on March 04, 2012, 08:10:17 AM
How do you go about testing Carl, do you have a specific criteria you follow, usage, mileage etc
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Post by: HaywardRotary on July 16, 2012, 08:12:12 PM
Update....
I have driven 70 miles so far on these new Titanium rotors.
Not given them much revs yet but so far so good.
Regards
Carl
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Post by: wolfie1 on July 16, 2012, 08:13:38 PM
interesting, keep us posted please
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Post by: HaywardRotary on July 16, 2012, 08:27:56 PM
here it is.
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Post by: wolfie1 on July 16, 2012, 09:06:58 PM
so how lighter than a standard 1 is it?
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Post by: roborangefd3s on July 16, 2012, 10:15:37 PM
Quote from: HaywardRotary;829529here it is.

drool, so hard to work with ti, this must cost a fortune but hopefully rev like a motorbike?
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Post by: Brett on July 17, 2012, 10:33:09 AM
Are you running it FI or NA?
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Post by: HaywardRotary on July 17, 2012, 10:57:44 AM
GT35r Turbo on major extend port.
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Post by: shaunwil on July 17, 2012, 12:44:57 PM
Is it oil cooled ? Trying to understand the sealing on the end faces !

Looks outstanding.

Shaun
Title: Titanium rotor breaking cover!
Post by: HaywardRotary on July 18, 2012, 07:05:11 PM
120 miles on it now.
It is semi oil cooled.
Regards
Carl
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Post by: shaunwil on July 18, 2012, 07:25:54 PM
Must pull the mass of the rotor down significantly reducing the mass of oil churning around in the rotor. Surely the titanium gives you a much better stability in the heat too.

Do you run titanium Tips as well to minimize the material expansion.

Shame it can\'t be drop forged as a blank first, would be able to reduce web thickness even further.

Shaun
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Post by: Grant Monkhouse on March 20, 2013, 06:59:16 PM
Any updates?
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Post by: cona2k on March 21, 2013, 08:59:34 PM
Quote from: Grant Monkhouse;853828Any updates?

I want them in the drag car :)