What about this front suspension?

What about this front suspension?

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just dave

Original Poster:

689 posts

248 months

Monday 27th December 2004
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What do you think?




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Usual disclaimer, YMMV,....


Dave

joospeed

4,473 posts

285 months

Tuesday 28th December 2004
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Componenets look beautifully machined, but looking at the front damper there's only maybe one inch of distance to the bump stop, and you'd want maybe 3-4 inches of compression travel at the wheel, that;s not an impressive wheel to spring ratio then ..

they seem to have missed a key reason for mounting inboard via rockers, that is to maiximise the stroke of the damper so giving you more control and allowing less spring rate for any given wheel rate ..

looks beautiful though

spot the deliberate mistake of course .. the pic is of the rear suspension .. the front is on the website tho in the gallery.



>> Edited by joospeed on Tuesday 28th December 10:45

RazMan

394 posts

243 months

Tuesday 28th December 2004
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Looks gorgeous Great for a show car but a tad impractical for a daily driver ....... mmm Hammerite

Avocet

800 posts

262 months

Tuesday 28th December 2004
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Is that an ordinary M8 grade 8.8 bolt holding the track rod end to the steering arm? If so, I'm a bit worried about the offset on it! Looks very shiny though!

docevi1

10,430 posts

255 months

Tuesday 28th December 2004
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Now this is a nice suspension setup!



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just dave

Original Poster:

689 posts

248 months

Tuesday 28th December 2004
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Joos,

Yeah, I missed loading the correct pic.

Still, it appears to work as nice as it looks, don't you agree?

Dave