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[basinhead]

Hi all,

It’s been a while since the last post and here are some of the products that have been made recently.

This is a large titanium (grade5) washer for the rear trunnion on the rear subframe weighing in at a featherlight 6.8grammes

Central hole is 11.43mm or 7/16" and the washer 2.5mm thick.
Outside diameter is 35mm wide



Below is a 1/4"unf nyloc nut. It's been a bit of a run around with the nyloc nuts, because the first set of nylocs pushed the nylon out when I tested them, so they went back and were remade properly. The trouble is the 3/8" and 7/16" nylocs that came back were now in UNC thread which is no good on the Mini.
The 1/4"unf nylocs are fine though so they're on sale. They're a good idea to fit to the seat hoops under the car because they're immune to road salt.



This is a titanium version of the bulkhead plate in the engine bay. Grade 2 titanium doesn't brush up very shiny which is a shame but it's corrosion proof and is 21grammes lighter than the rusty steel version and looks very nice with 4 titanium unf bolts. The rusty bolts to get the old steel one out of my car were a nightmare to get undone.



These titanium spring washers are nice. They save a couple of grammes over steel but are very shiny. I only ordered 20 of each though.



I had 200 countersunk door hinge screws made in titanium and they're very nice, strong and light but I need to test the phillips cross at the top because the factory did the cross a bit smaller than the standard Mini screw. That said, the cross on the standard Mini screw is massive and these titanium screws fitted fine to my Mini. I'll test one to destruction to make sure they can take being removed and tightened a lot.
I found the standard steel screws are a pain to get out of the Mini. I had to drill and use an 'easy out' tool on half of them.



Below is an alternator bracket replicated in grade 2 titanium. It's a bit lighter but it's 4mm thick titanium instead of the standard 3mm steel.




I placed an order today for a load more titanium Mini fasteners with the idea that in the end all Mini fasteners will be replicated in titanium. I think I've modelled around half the Mini bolts now. I've put a repeat order of 5/16"unc18 by 1" flanged bolts because they sold out in a week. So 200 of those will be coming. The order will probably be about 6 weeks.

If you're interested you can see developments on the Titan Classics blog. Idea's, Solid Works drawings, stress analysis, that sort of thing.

Cheers for looking and hope you like.

Rich

http://titanclassics.com/
http://titanclassics.blogspot.com/

[basinhead]

More Mini bolts being made.

Hi Chaps and ladies of course,

I placed an order the other day. See below.
I was kind of cornered into buying 100 at a time of the longer bolts, so I had to cut back my order by quite a bit, but I'll get the rest of the big bolts done early next year. I think it's to do with the high price of titanium at the moment.



100 x 5/16"unf24 x 5/8"long

100 ordered and this is a general bolt I've found dotted around the Mini. I've seen it used on the alternator bracket.



100 x 5/16"unf24 x 4 1/4"long

Although this type bolt didn't have that much rust on it when I took it off the Mini, I estimate there'll be 35gramme saving for 2 bolts.




100 x 5/16"UNC18 x 1" long
This is a repeat order of a very common bolt used on the Mini gearbox. I've also order
60 x 5/16"UNC18 x 3/4" long used on engine mount.
20 x 5/16"UNC18 x 7/8" long The shorter bolt on the clutch cover. I'll offer one of these and 7 others as a clutch bolt set.



100 x 5/16"UNC18 x 1 3/4"long Used on the Mini gearbox.





100 x 5/16"unf24 x 11/16"long This bolt is used on the timing cover of the A series engine.


I wasn't able to have 50bolts for the pre 1976front subframes made but I'll get it sorted. Are there many people out there who have the pre 1976 front subframe?

Nyloc nuts saga
Well the 3/8" and 7/16" titanium nyloc nuts arrived but they were in UNC thread instead of UNF. So back they went. Third time lucky I hope. They should be replaced and in with the above order, in about a month.
The 1/4" ti nyloc nuts worked fine though. I fitted them to my Mini and they were lovely. They were a particularly good to use on the seat hoops that are fixed to the Mini floor. They'll be exposed to the very worst of British weather.

There are quite a few different bolts used on the Mini but one day I'll have all of them replicated in titanium.

Cheers,

Rich

http://titanclassics.com/