bOb shingler
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wow, you're amazing, excellent job. i'm wondering that since your using the strut bar why do you need the 90* tube?
wow, you're amazing, excellent job. i'm wondering that since your using the strut bar why do you need the 90* tube?
I think I have a more elegant solution to your interference problem, while retaining the additional support you're looking for. Rather than use a single 90 degree bend, why don't you use two 45 degree bends. The first 45 would have the support run roughly parallel to the strut rod.
See the attached drawing below.
Feel free to critique the snot out of it.
Regards,
Joe Dokes
Looking great! What material did you decide on using?
I can't wait to compare the weight of aluminum coilovers compared to torsion bars.
They look good. Torsion bars aren't unspring weight though. The coil overs, about half of the spring is going to be unsprung weight.
Looks great, was just wondering what will keep the cross shaft from rotating in the K-frame?
Where will the shock and coil over mount?
Those are Beautiful! Let me know when you start selling em :glasses7:
Once the prototypes are done and I am satisfied, they are getting shipped to Louis (Mad Dart) and he will do the mock up on his car with QA1 coilovers, tubular upper control arms and adjustable strut rod. He will then weld coilover mounting tabs on the arms as well as figure out some way to do a bump stop. It's a team effort.
That is one of the minor modifications to the K frame. There is a steel bushing that gets slid in place where the factory bushing was located. From the side of the K frame through a hole it will get drilled and tapped for a set screw. Once the pivot shaft is slid in position the set screw will get tightened down and this will keep the shaft and bushing from spinning. The set screw will be hidden out of sight inside of the K frame. I hope this makes sense. This was my biggest headache while making this work.
The cool thing about these Lower control arms is that they can be installed with the engine and K member in the car. How is that for easy and down the road the car can be converted back to torsion bars with the factory LCA's. I have put quite a bit of thought into this project.
Do you think set screws will be good enough? Can it be pinned rather than use set screws? Just seems like they may loosen over time and start slipping.