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Originally Posted by Mean 69
Brian, this is a fantastic looking project so far! Maier is obviously well known in the Mustang world, neat to see that it translates over to the Chev's too. I really like the approach of the front spindles, in a previous life we had intentions of developing a very similar piece but scrapped the idea, looking back I wish I wouldn't have changed my mind. These look to be fab'd out of 3/16" plate cold roll steel? Very nice, very functional.
In the CP rule set, using the front frame is required to prevent a weight penalty, but obviously you can change the suspension. How about the steering gear? Could you, if you chose, run a rack in place of the box and not get hit with a weight penalty?
Sure I'll have other questions, but have to run. Really awesome, thanks for sharing the progress.
Mark
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Maier does great work. These are one off spindles and we have a lot of time into them. It would have been very easy to purchase off the shelf spindles, but there are certain things we wanted and the only way to get them was to make them ourselves.
As far as the subframe, it is legal to change it out to another like the DSE or others, but you would then have a 10% weight penalty. Not worth it in our case. For most, that would be the way to go. Much more cost effective!
With the steering, we tossed that around also. After much discussion and pooling all of our driving experience with many similar cars, we decided to go with the stock type steering but with quality, race proven products. Reliability, part availability, and most important, driver feel were considered. We all picked stock design over rack and pinion. Others may have a different opinion, but we are very confident with our choice.