horizenjob wrote:
I think you might have some trouble with the brackets for the top of your front coilovers. I looked back and it seems you had to change them.
Looks strong for equal loads, like bumps, but on cornering the loads will not be balanced against each other. It may also be putting a lot of torque on the upper chassis rail...
I'm not sure if the torque on the upper rail will be significant enough to warrant concern, however, the cross bar is not triangulated and it could be a simple fix.
I show two options. One option is shown in the top view with a extra brace running from the outer top rail to the inner top rail support piece "S" or "T" noted in the book plans. The other option could be to triangulate the base of the shock support to the cross tube shown in the front view sketch. I would think option #2 triangulation would work better as the round cross brace tube is 4130 seamless tube and fairly stiff to bending loads. I want to keep the weight down so I really don't want to do both.
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