I was about to put the brake assembly back together late last week when I clicked on something that I hadn't realised before. The swivel hubs didn't have a grease nipple for the ball joints. I soon realised that the Metro brake assembly I bought had MG Metro hubs (Mini hubs have a grease nipple in the hub for the ball joints) and was told they were Mini hubs. The MG Metro hubs (bearing carrier, upright or swivel pin - it's all the same thing) apparently have a bigger king pin angle, have the drive flange sitting further out from the hub, and the ball joints are further apart than the Mini hubs - all this translates to a camber angle that changes alot when the suspension moves up and down and produces poor overall suspension geometry - which is why many people advise that using a Mini hub is a better option. I managed to find a buyer for the Metro hubs within a day and am currently chasing up some Mini Disc hubs to replace them.
On another note, I came across a bargain in the form of a tubular exhaust manifold (in 3mm wall Steel, not 1.6mm wall Stainless steel that is often sold on Ebay and other websites). The OEM manifold has issues with quite restricted flow and if I recall correctly, leaning out of cylinder 3 on modified engines. For a relatively cheap $290, this new manifold gives a huge flow increase over the OEM item. A guy on the austarlet forums has them made on the side and sells them on a sporadic basis. The overall quality of them is quite good with the effort made to die grind the welds on the inside of the flanges and collector section of the manifold. It is also a true bolt on item for the standard CT9 turbo.
Christmas holidays will soon be upon us and with me having 2 weeks off work, I hope to get in some work on either the custom front subframe (round tube steel has been purchased last week for it) or the rest of the rotisserie.
On another note, I came across a bargain in the form of a tubular exhaust manifold (in 3mm wall Steel, not 1.6mm wall Stainless steel that is often sold on Ebay and other websites). The OEM manifold has issues with quite restricted flow and if I recall correctly, leaning out of cylinder 3 on modified engines. For a relatively cheap $290, this new manifold gives a huge flow increase over the OEM item. A guy on the austarlet forums has them made on the side and sells them on a sporadic basis. The overall quality of them is quite good with the effort made to die grind the welds on the inside of the flanges and collector section of the manifold. It is also a true bolt on item for the standard CT9 turbo.
Christmas holidays will soon be upon us and with me having 2 weeks off work, I hope to get in some work on either the custom front subframe (round tube steel has been purchased last week for it) or the rest of the rotisserie.
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