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<blockquote data-quote="vibrac" data-source="post: 20361" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>In my opinion slotted blades are not worth the effort I never noticed any difference racing and the old girl has standard blades now as I sold the slotted ones years ago for good money when I needed an engine rebuild (and got some standard ones with the change!).</p><p> As for aluminium steering heads, that IMHO is a step to far and thats not just me thats from someone who knows more about the UFM and its stresses than most. Dont forget in the immediate post war period aluminium was more available than steel, if Phil could have done he would have done-certainly on the racers. </p><p>I have been looking to save weight on the Comet racer since 1965 best mod to save weight on the front end with safety is Eddie Stevens advice: change all the pad bolts and nuts on the girdralics to alloy. you can also lighten the brake cams and do some work on the bolts that have to stay steel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vibrac, post: 20361, member: 60"] In my opinion slotted blades are not worth the effort I never noticed any difference racing and the old girl has standard blades now as I sold the slotted ones years ago for good money when I needed an engine rebuild (and got some standard ones with the change!). As for aluminium steering heads, that IMHO is a step to far and thats not just me thats from someone who knows more about the UFM and its stresses than most. Dont forget in the immediate post war period aluminium was more available than steel, if Phil could have done he would have done-certainly on the racers. I have been looking to save weight on the Comet racer since 1965 best mod to save weight on the front end with safety is Eddie Stevens advice: change all the pad bolts and nuts on the girdralics to alloy. you can also lighten the brake cams and do some work on the bolts that have to stay steel. [/QUOTE]
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