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Old April 24th 2008, 10:19
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Thanks a million :-)

Can I get you to mesure your frontsuspension arm's to both the upper and the lower arm and the hubs.

My plan is to draw everything in 3D first before building it.

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Old April 28th 2008, 03:40
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Here are a couple of measurements from when I was researching an Audi V8 swap:
4.2l engine length: 464mm, 195kg
3.7l engine length: 516mm

from front of 4.2 engine to axle line of Audo FWD 5 speed: 25"

Hope that helps...
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Thanks and yes that helps

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There HAS to be some updates here!!!

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Old July 23rd 2009, 22:17
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Please please please let there be updates!

Truly bad f-n ass, to the point where i started searching for a bug. haha

Do the Rotary plans include the suspension components design?
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Wow!

That is MOST AWSOME!

Thank you for Sharing it with us!
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Old August 15th 2009, 16:32
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Finally some litle progress:

Steering column, steering, pedal assembly.









Brake lines.



Upgrade rear suspension geometry (Move back 1").

Before:



After:

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Old August 15th 2009, 16:38
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And finally I mount the rear coilovers with rocker arms:







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Very cool progress Hugo!!!!
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Awesome Hugo, glad to hear your still in the works!!!

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that's a Sweet Rear coil set up...


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Old August 20th 2009, 07:14
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Very impressive build! BTW how do you control roll? I see no facility for anti-roll bars

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Old August 20th 2009, 16:43
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Very impressive build! BTW how do you control roll? I see no facility for anti-roll bars

Clive
That's the next step.

Adjustable sway bars.
But I don't calculate the bar rating yet.
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Old August 21st 2009, 04:46
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With the general sophistication of your suspension don't confine yourself to the standard bent bar with holes in the end. This cries out for a hollow bar and blade adjustment at the front and a very short roll bar activated by the rockers at the rear.

Whats the rates for the rear suspension units?

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With the general sophistication of your suspension don't confine yourself to the standard bent bar with holes in the end. This cries out for a hollow bar and blade adjustment at the front and a very short roll bar activated by the rockers at the rear.

Whats the rates for the rear suspension units?

Clive
Right now have 400 lbs in front 600 lbs rear but I need to ride my car to know if this are the correct rates. ( remember the principal purpose of the car is road race no street).

I want to install a bar with adjustable arms like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

or this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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Old August 24th 2009, 05:30
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The springrates will of course be determined by the wheel rate, weight and the desired frequency. The prinicple being to keep the springing soft and the damping firm (Chapman principle).

I had a look at the Nascar units but I would have thought that with a development car that the blade type anti-roll bar would give a greater range of adjustment. The Nascar units might be far to stiff for a lightweight bug especially as they are very heavy and circulate on banked ovals at 200+mph. The roll force must be particularly high.
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