Hall Billet Aluminum Upright

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And another

I am interested in this, but it may be a silly question, what is the benefit of these uprights ?
Sorry I am new to Pantera Ownership.

I'll buy them. Please let me kknow how you want to settle up.
Mark

I am interested.

Please PM me

Just as an FYI, here's what the second version looked like. These weigh 6.5 lbs each. I believe a standard upright is in the vacinity of 14 lbs. The advantage would be the loss of ~8lbs of unsprung weight per rear corner, and potentially the bling and fangle factor if you are so swayed. -Kelly

And from the backside.

I had recieved a call afew minutes after I posted the uprights and the items are sold. If for some reason the sale does not go through, I wiil contact the next in line. Thanks, Kevin

Wow I like them ... anyone have any more for sale ??

Ron

I never weighed the older style hall uprights, but when I boxed them up (both in one box)and packaged them with thick foam and extra card board etc., the box weighed 16.5 lbs..

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Originally posted by Rapid:
I never weighed the older style hall uprights, but when I boxed them up (both in one box)and packaged them with thick foam and extra card board etc., the box weighed 16.5 lbs..

Do you happen to know what alloy was used?

I haven't gone to the source yet but I was told the later ones were 7075 T6. Very strong but poor weldability. It's also pricey. I would have thought 6061 would have been more likely for a hunk of billet like that. You'd give up quite a bit of tensile strength but would have been more repairable. However you never get the material properties back in the location of the weld.

Not sure if the fellow that bought your uprights is planning to run them but the location you described would be a bad place to break; not that there's ever a good one.

The Hall uprights actually had a good reputation for strength. I would not hesitate to run mine and plan to. Rough streets do tend to administer a pounding, especially if you have Heim or rigid joints.

-Kelly

The main attraction to the billet suspension components is bling. In theory it is great to save weight over the cast iron uprrights.

To me it isn't worth sacrificing safety for that.

These uprights are just plain dangerous. NO durabilaty testing was ever done on them. Run them at your own risk.

In respect to the durability question, on my black 5S Ultra Hall, I have the later ones that Panterror shows and nothing broke yet. I will take it out today and run it extra hard and see what happens.

They need to be run around the clock for six months over the combined test track with road hazards and highway driving in the desert.

I can help you. Let me know when we start.

I think one month after the winter is over on New York roads ...with all the pot holes should be a good test. LOL

A month? Nah, I'll give it maybe a week. I didn't realize they were only potholes. I thought they were bomb craters.