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New Parts: QuickTime Introduces New Line Of Full 4130 Chromoly Steel Flexplates


New Parts: QuickTime Introduces New Line Of Full 4130 Chromoly Steel Flexplates

There are a few basic things that serve as the foundation for any product that you install on your car. Materials and construction make the literal foundation for every hot rod speed part out there and QuickTime has decided to change the game on both with their new full 4130 Chromoly Steel Flexplates. Normally a flexplate has a high carbon steel outer ring and a low carbon steel center with the two pieces welded together. These new pieces have a chromoly outer ring and center section, are pinned and welded, and still come out to be lighter and stronger than what’s on the market. That’s pretty awesome.

The release from QuickTime below tells the whole story of these flexplates and we think you should give it a look because this is one of those things that may work to upgrade everyone’s construction practices in the future. For anyone who has ever had a flexplate issue you know that quality is paramount. These guys are changing the game.

HERE’S THE RELEASE FROM QUICKTIME –

QuickTime's new Modular Flexplate features full 4130 chromoly steel construction
that's twice as strong, 10-percent lighter and better balanced than OEM-style
flexplates

Engineered for unsurpassed strength, accuracy and performance, the Modular Flexplate
brings an age-old product into the 21st Century. Since the 1920s, nearly all
flexplates have been manufactured using the same method; a high carbon steel ring
gear is MIG welded to a low carbon stamped steel center section. This process poses
a number of problems, including weak weld joints, warping and metal crystallization,
which negatively affects both durability and accuracy. In addition, all ring gears
are now coming from off-shore.

QuickTime takes a whole new approach to flexplates by using a laser cut 4130
chromoly steel center section that is joined to 4130 chromoly steel ring gear
segments using (18) separate 4130 pins, which are pressed as well as laser welded.
This approach results in a SFI 29.1 certified flexplate that is both 10-percent
lighter than and twice as strong as OE-style flexplates. In addition, the Modular
Flexplates are accurate in every dimension: circumference within .002, Rollout
within .010, and balance within 1 gram.

"Nearly every part of a car has evolved, but flexplates have basically been
unchanged for close to a century. Just like with our other products, we knew there
had to be a better way," said QuickTime Senior Design Engineer Ross McCombs. "The
new Modular Flexplates represent how our products continue to set the standard for
drivetrain parts that are strong, safe and perform both on the road and at the
track. There is no longer a ring gear to fragment."

QuickTime Modular Flexplates are made in the USA and are available for 1955-1996
small and big-big block Chevy and Ford applications, starting at an MSRP of $283.95.
Additional applications are now being designed, and will be available in the future.

For more information on QuickTime, its complete line of high performance drivetrain
and transmission products, or to order online, please visit
LakewoodIndustries.com.
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