[s-cars] What does an s-car weigh????

[Theodore Chen]

--- Trevor Frank <tfrank at symyx.com> wrote:
> 
> AAh Teddy, yes so I have though about making a new front link and then a
> drop link to the swaybar.  Or my other thought, I have some nice big
> spherical bearings that I am trying to make a holder for that will
> either connect to the stock lower arm.  Or maybe make a new lower arm
> that has heims and make the mounting point to the lower arm adjustable.
> This way you could possably play with all or none of the following, anti
> dive, caster, wider track....

IMHO, one of the most important things to address is getting rid of
the antiroll bar as a locating member.  using the antiroll bar as a
locating member means it has to be stiff (which means you may have to
use a bigger antiroll bar than you want), and you get a lot of
caster and wheelbase change as the suspension compresses.  not really
good for making the car handle well.

if you do something like this, keep in mind that the biggest loads
will come from braking (especially trailbraking).  i'd probably be
looking at using an A-arm instead of two separate heim-jointed links
for the lower control arm.  might even be able to get circle track parts,
which are relatively cheap because they're made in large volume.  circle
track racers go through a lot of suspension parts.

-teddy


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