Wow, thanks a million for the interest, and excellent questions, guys.
I will get weight figures for everything probably by the end of the day, Solidworks can tell you based upon the model, but it will be nice to get actual, physical weights. The good thing is that with the help of the modelling, we were able to reduce the wall thickness on the main axle tubes, and we use a Strange housing center. We had looked at a competitor housing center that was titled "light" weight, but the quality wasn't there on the piece. It was a bummer, it only weighted 21 pounds. Then we called Strange, their stuff was WAY nicer, likely sturdier due to the design, and best of all, only weighs 18 lbs.
For the modelling, we use Solidworks for the mechanical design and analysis, for the suspension geometry, we use WinGeo. Reference material comes from bascially all of the available literature from Milliken, Adams, Olley, Staniforth, etc.
No modifications to the floor pan are required with the exception of the clearance "tunnel" for the upper link. It was designed to work with all forms of commercially available subframe connectors, so if those are installed already, it should not be an issue. A word of caution, we do not have a tailpipe solution for the setup at this time, though we are working on one. It is pretty tight with the coil-overs and brackets for the Watt's linkage, we have something modelled up, but have not physically made one yet. This is something that we want to make available, most folks will want to run tailpipes (like me, I have dumps on my car, and though it sounds great and I love it, my neighbors don't seem to share the same passion for hot rods that I do!). There is no clearance issue with the gas tank, but here again, this might need to be changed for tailpipes, I can't give a solid answer on that at this time.
Brakes are set up for the C5 stuff, and due to the axles, it would probably be easier to make a new retainer/bracket than to run different housing ends, probably not a big deal, but we will need to look at it.
Thanks again for the feedback, guys, it is really helpful.
Mark
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