evobda2
Probably cheaper and easier to get Capri struts like i did..

 
I thought Capri struts were pretty hard to get, and expensive when they do come up.  I'd be happy to be proven wrong though!

I meant compared to having hubs made up like SMCKA was talking about, as no alloy hub from the UK will fit Australian Escort hubs. (Twincam and 3.0 Capri may be different).
Capri 2.8i struts obviously weren't available in Australia, so they need to be sourced from the UK. Ebay you can find them quiet easily, like the example i gave in my last post which included hubs and even brakes. 
But once you have them, then alloy hubs are readily available in either group1 or group4 etc. Larger shock body, larger stub axle, larger bearings etc. And in my opinion if your going to the extent of getting alloy hubs, which for me id only do on a very serious road or track car, you might as well do everything and be done with it.
For road car though i don't see the benefit of alloy hubs anyway so Aussie 2litre struts are perfect.

I didn't realise that my Simmons centres have less offset than normal and combined with the rim nuts on the inside foul my callipers. My engineer will not allow spacers hence I'm only looking for the alloy hubs to sort out my track short comings on the front which will clear my callipers.
There is light at the end of the tunnel

evobda2

I meant compared to having hubs made up like SMCKA was talking about, as no alloy hub from the UK will fit Australian Escort hubs. (Twincam and 3.0 Capri may be different).
Capri 2.8i struts obviously weren't available in Australia, so they need to be sourced from the UK. Ebay you can find them quiet easily, like the example i gave in my last post which included hubs and even brakes. 
But once you have them, then alloy hubs are readily available in either group1 or group4 etc. Larger shock body, larger stub axle, larger bearings etc. And in my opinion if your going to the extent of getting alloy hubs, which for me id only do on a very serious road or track car, you might as well do everything and be done with it.
For road car though i don't see the benefit of alloy hubs anyway so Aussie 2litre struts are perfect.

 
If Smcka did them at twice his current price, a pair of hubs would be about $550.  That's a pretty penny, but getting struts from the UK can't be cheap, or at very least, the postage wouldn't be, so I do wonder about the economics of changing them too.  Fixing up these cheap cars sure can get expensive!

One thing leads to another and another and another and another and another and another and another.
 
I could go on.
 
Matt

Without steppping on anyone's toes I found that Hi-Spec can produce custom alloy hubs for 70GBP each. I sent them the specs of what I'm after to see if they had an off the shelf item but they don't and that was their reply. I'm not too sure how far you can deviate from their standard line but I think it opens up some oportunities at a bargain price.
I was quoted $400 ea locally to machine up a set of alloy hubs

I'm sure you'd get interest from others too so the price may come down further.
 
Cheers,
 
Matt

Well, after thinking I could reinvent the wheel it turns out it's not possible - It's sorta beaten me
I will be doing as HAK has done and istalling a sleave over the outer stub axle and run the larger Capri outer bearing. I will use 15580 / 15520 combo for the inner plus sort out my seal options. The one thing I will do differently is to measure the stack height of the bearings to assess what I need to do to position the Capri hub as per the standard item. I'm sure it's as simple as inserting a machined packer behind the inner bearing cup prior to installation. That way I won't run into problems with clearance between the rotor and steering arms etc.

Matt75

2.31kgs approx (kitchen scales) inc the hub, bearings, wheel studs, rotor bolts and bearing caps.

Cheers,

Matt 

 
As promised earlier, I've weighed the standard Ford parts:  the hub (with studs), bearings (incl. grease), cap, and rotor bolts comes in 2.81kg.  Add the split pin and lock tabs for the rotor and the grand total is 2.92kg.  So the weight savings as a package is therefore about 0.5kg each.
 

Excellent,
 
Good to know I haven't wasted my money!  LOL
 
Matt