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Originally Posted by Mean 69
Ride height will be adjustable via the coil-over springs, the shocks have 7" of total travel, so there will be a bunch of available ride height variations with one shock position. We have the design modelled up using various ride heights, including one existing customer who is going to have a LOW car.
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Would you mind explaining this one a bit more... Reason I ask is that from my experience it's not a great idea to do drastic ride height adjustment with spring preload. It changes the spring rate quite a bit and can cause overly harsh suspension charasteristics. Would it be done with different length springs, spring rates, progressive winds?
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Sway bar is a great question, and a good catch. We are looking into a couple different mounting configurations, one frame mounted, and the second option would be to have the bar on the axle. Either way, the end product will be adjustable, over a modest range, so it will be useful as a fine tuning tool.
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I would personally work towards mounting it on the frame one way or another. One of the main benefits of this system is reducing unsprung weight, no need to plop another 30lbs of steel rod on it. Yes it will be a little more involved for the installer but really, anyone considering this should be able to handle a swaybar install.
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Vin, the housings will be offered standard as a typical first gen width, meaning the wheel mounting width is right at 60". However, we can easily offer custom widths as a very modest upgrade, so if you want to go wider and not require wheel adapters for late model Corvette offset wheels, for instance, that's not a problem. Same goes for deeper dish, we can go narrower too. I will state though, when we offer stuff for the front, it will require a decent amount of positive offset, similar to late model Corvette wheels, this is the only way to get the performance we are satisfied with up front.
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Sounds like your guys have a well thought out system here that should be easily adaptable for many different setups. You might look into a universal brake adaptor that would mount to the standard C5 flange. I'm thinking something that would be a basic rough design, that you would drill/tap for different configurations. Would be pretty simple to make something that could incorporate the standard radial mount caliper spreads (4-5.5") and in heights that would allow people to run from 12.5-15" rotors. I know personally if my only concern with changing brakes was to buy a $150 caliper adaptor it would make my decision on the whole setup a lot easier.
Nice to see someone finally thinking out the front suspension pieces so we can all run very wide wheels and not have an insaine scrub radius.
Without looking over the drawing and structural analysis I don't know for sure but there is one thing that jumps out at me. The front crossmember that locates the links. The low location looks great but the upper mount seems as though it could use some diagonal braces to combat rotational torque. My concern is that with a high torque motor launching hard on sticky tires it may twist the upper section of the cross member.
But all in all it looks great, can't wait to see one setup in person. Now just PM me the address where I can mail my consulting bill
