[Blainefab]

OK, the Blaine Fab duct plenums are ready to order. Patterns are made, production alpha fits fine, materials are in stock, I'm cutting and welding all weekend so kits will be ready to ship next week.

All aluminum, TIG welded .100" and .065" thick 6061

New ARP hub fasteners included

3" stainless steel hose clamps included

The plenums will fit all known brand hubs EXCEPT the Timken newest wide body hub. I recommend SKF brand hubs.

Install is no more difficult than a hub swap - in fact easier, since the hubs do not need to be removed

Plenums fit tightly (approx 1mm clearance to rotor) to the entire inside diameter of the inner rotor cheek, forcing the cooling air into the internal vanes where it can cool both inner and outer rotor cheeks.

Cooling air also circulates around the hub, and the aluminum plenums act as heat sinks for the critical bearing area of the hub.

Accepts standard 3" brake ducting - ducting not included. Since most cars will already have ducts of some form installed, ducting is not included in the kit, but is available as an option, or may be sourced locally.

Immediate releases will be for 2 models: the LS1 caliper on LS1 upright, and C5 / base C6 caliper on a LT1 or LS1 upright using Trackbrackets or similar brackets. Duct plenum kits for other popular brake packages will be released soon. Custom and one-offs available, contact me for a quote

Each kit includes a left and right pair of duct plenums, all hardware necessary for the application and two 3" stainless steel band clamps.

Standard kit pricing:

LS1 on LT1/LS1: $355 plus shipping and CA sales tax if applicable

C5 / base C6 on LT1/LS: $295 plus shipping and CA sales tax if applicable

4th gen Fbody with Dulaney brackets: $355 plus shipping and CA sales tax if applicable

Payment via PayPal is preferred - call me at 831 427-3296, email, or PM me with model and ZIP for shipping quote, then PayPal to: ablaine (at) cruzio (dot) com

Some pix:

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Recommended duct routing and things that help them survive:

shorten swaybar endlink till bar ends are parallel to track, then trim top of bolt end.

Wrap duct with gaffers tape where it passes thru the inner fender liner, where the tire tends to rub, and at the endlink.

Avoid full lock steering

squish the duct about 1/2" at the point where the tire will rub - add a wrap or 2 of gaffers tape here as wear happens

use wheel spacers to increase track width

Duct in pics has been in service for a full CMC season:

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edti: intro offer expired

edit: price increase 5/22/2014

This post has been edited by Blainefab: Oct 6 2017, 07:14 PM

[Pranav]

Alan, I know we talked about the SKF hubs a while back.

I've had some setbacks on the car so still inconclusive if there is any significant improvement over the Timkens, but at this point I can still recommend them as "equals" to the Timkens, especially considering you can get them with warranty at Oreilly under their masterpro line now.

[FASTFATBOY]

Alan, I know we talked about the SKF hubs a while back.

I've had some setbacks on the car so still inconclusive if there is any significant improvement over the Timkens, but at this point I can still recommend them as "equals" to the Timkens, especially considering you can get them with warranty at Oreilly under their masterpro line now.

Oreillys "Precision" brand has factory dimensions and is working well for me.

Different parts come in the box, so far a MOOG and a National. Both have done better than any Timken I have run.

[Pranav]

Alan, I know we talked about the SKF hubs a while back.

I've had some setbacks on the car so still inconclusive if there is any significant improvement over the Timkens, but at this point I can still recommend them as "equals" to the Timkens, especially considering you can get them with warranty at Oreilly under their masterpro line now.

Oreillys "Precision" brand has factory dimensions and is working well for me.

Different parts come in the box, so far a MOOG and a National. Both have done better than any Timken I have run.

Yeah, but if you look closely they all come out of the same factory in Korea that SKF get's theirs from. Everything about those hubs from the pics you posted are identical to the SKF I checked out at NAPA (under their most premium offering).

The nice thing is the bodies are smooth, narrow, and machine. The Timkens look like someone melted up some British cars and poured them into a mold made of leftover cement or something lol.

I just want to get through Hallet with what I have, then probably convert to 3rd gen style hubs over the summer.