Saturday, 20 February 2010

Suspension design update

After much consideration, I've decided to use centrelock style wheels on my car. I will still be using the BBS rim inner and outers but am going to machine up my own centres. I'm going for a simplistic 5 spoke design, see http://www.fd3s.net/787B/ I've been playing around with the hub and upright design a bit too. I've managed to lose a bit of weight here and there and am making use of some narrow section shaft seals to allow maximum bearing width.








I am moving to a new job in the next few weeks so my access to cnc machinery will be more limited, although I am picking up a rotary table for my mill this weekend so I can carry out all my machining manually if necessary!

I've started on the rear suspension design as well. The complete rear end of the car will be a bolt-on piece. I will be using coilover shocks actuated by an arm on the top wishbone.

I've been putting together a few renderings of the car as well:







2 Comments:

At 5 June 2010 at 22:33 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi,
Your project looks fantastic, lots of time and energy invested. I just have a quick suggestion, you might want to look at "anti" features. Your design does not seem to include any anti-dive or anti-squat. With such a low ride hieght and no "antis" you may find you have to spring it so stiffly, to stop it bottoming out, that it's no fun to drive.
Regards,
PJM

 
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