STILL no bushings?!

[turboyaris]

I think SCCA requires the use of stock bushings.

the scca only requires that the bushings remain non metal, so going with urethane would be ok

yeah, i knew turboyaris was making those aluminum bushings, so that's cool. but then there's all the rest of the rubber pieces of crap that should be replaced with urethane. i would think that these would have gotten more attention?

you'd be suprised at the difficulty to get bushings made in urethane, there are only a handful of companys that will do custom urethane bushings for you. I only found one actually that will do a small run of automotive type urethane bushings, not to mention that to make it cost effective, you need to spend a decent amount of money to buy them in a larger quantity. the process first is to replicate them in aluminum or some other material, test fit them, and once you get the proper dimensions, have a negative made so that the company can just pour the urethane in and seal it up.

the outer ring is for overflow purposes.
If I couldn't make that mold, the company would charge me $250 just to make that. Plus, just to pour the urethane is pretty expensive.

If it were just making aluminum bushings, it'd be much easier for me. I am starting with the axle beam bushings, and if they are successful, I will start on some other bushings, probably doing group buys, so my up front cost isn't as high.