Tuesday, January 03, 2006

suspension design

ok i need to create a rear suspension for my new hot rod. the renault 8 is gonna lose the close ratio tranny and since it is a swing axle just like an old bug it will loose its rear wheels. this does not bother me as swing axles are a good way to die if you like cornering you car hard as i like to.

the problem is how much caster and anti squat do i impart into the design. do i make these totaly adjustable therfore dictating specific structure of the suspension. parallel uneven a-arms are the most simple to execute,the wheels will travel up and down nice and straight but difficult to adjust caster and anti squat. other designs require a lot of layout to make sure the pick up points are in the correct spots so the wheel does not do anything funky whilst traveling through it's range.

the other consideration this the car is from the 60's so it would not do estheticly speaking to have a modern formula 1 suspension back there.must sleep on this.

1 comment:

Andrea said...

I am sorry but you totally lost me at the second sentence.