Anthony Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 I have been indiscussion with CTG Ltd who are currently in the final stages of design and development of a Caterham propshaft (26.5 and 28), and will be offering them once this is complete. They hope that this will be sometime around the end of June. I have been indicussion about a LSOC batch being prepared and a group discount. Costs are being prepared, but I welcome any views as who might be interested, depending on final price. Kindest regards Anthony No engine, but 4 wheels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normalbloke.29 Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Are these durable enough for road use? Do they have a max torque rating? What are their limits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Howe Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Anthony, it all sounds V interesting but more info please. Can only comment after information is made available and which is based on known facts... if you get my drift! JH Deliveries by Saffron, the yellow 222bhp Sausage delivery machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmandsd Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 I noticed in Performance Ford this month that the rally cross RS200 used one of these with titanium ends. The only problem though was that it had to be 'lifed' on a regular basis.....which sounds very expensive. Great idea though Anthony - I'd be interested if I only had to buy one for the life of the car though. May be I should approach this company to make the slider props with flanges at both ends to suit the new Elite 5 speed sequential boxes. One would come in very handy actually considering that i've actually managed to lose my existing prop !!! Home of BDR700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted April 11, 2003 Author Share Posted April 11, 2003 Thanks Guys, Will confirm spec and life span shortly Anthony No engine, but 4 wheels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Might be interested.... There go another 4kg.... 😬 Marius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelspeed Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 They're not using UJ's they're using a carbon disc that's bolted to the diff flange and the prop at 90 degs to each other. Likewise the props bolted to another disc at the box end and a gearbox output shafts also bolted to the second disc. What I'll need to know is how much out of tolerance these discs can take before becoming over-stressed. I think my box and diff are a lot out of line but never really worried as the UJ's live with it OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Thompson Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Count me as an interested party Ant. K series though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R. Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Hope that you get more life from these than the rallycross boys. The last one that I saw being replaced between runs after failing appeared to have the yoke ends fixed with a couple of pop rivets perhaps that was to locate the assembly whilst the glue went off. In any case the glue or whatever else was backing up the rivets had failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R500 CYA Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Anthony, Thought you had vowed to never get involved in group purchase again!! Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmandsd Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Although my Elite 5 speed sequential gear box needs a longer prop (and hence is slightly heavier, although more than mitigated by a lighter gearbox) it has resulted in less prop angularity. Home of BDR700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted April 14, 2003 Author Share Posted April 14, 2003 Thanks Guys, once I have further info will post. Pinky, I will count you in for one ! Seriously if they work I suspect many of the racers will pick these up and we can get a serious bulk order on the go 😬 Anthony No engine, but 4 wheels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red SLR Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 Might be interested - can you e-mail me the details once you have them? Cheers Simon. See X777CAT here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewwatkiss Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 Oh my god what ever next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclucas Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 CF gearboxes and engine blocks I presume... N7CTR 1.8VVC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidC Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Re these props. Give me your questions about alignment and lifespan, cos my housemate is one of the engineers at CTG. What I can tell you is that since Titanium was banned in the Jap GT series this year, almost all the Jap GT cars (Supras and Skylines) are using CTGs Carbon Props. DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino ferrana Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 OK then how long would they last in a 160 bhp 130 lb/ft torque R300? I might get one when I finally get to order my R300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino ferrana Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Oh yeah and how much do they weigh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miraz Posted April 19, 2003 Share Posted April 19, 2003 Carbon fiber props seem to be finding their way onto the most unlikely production vehicles, someone must have a solution to the longevity of the material. I was surprised to discover that the current Shogun/Pajero now has a carbon propshaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 Miraz, If the shogun can use them then surely they would be ok in a 7? An news on price? Greg, Q 86 NTM (Green 185BHP XF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino ferrana Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 Believe that the Nissan 350Z has a carbon prop shaft as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bees Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 ISTR that the first 4x4 Espace (i.e. quite a long time ago) had a composite propshaft to take the drive to the rear. I find this rather sad (the fact that ISTR it that is). Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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