I have used that style of dash bar before, but when researching most of the rules out there (NASA SCCA CASCAR and others) none of them allowed that in their rules. They never said it was bad, they just never said it was good. It seems to be more common in the drag racing style of chassis.
Looks like a good build coming up. I am about a year and a 1/2 into my build and wanted to make sure that I wouldn't run out of posts for a while. Are you further along than you are letting on maybe?
Good eye! It is very common in the drag world, however the dash bar is a "place holder" untill the body goes back on the car for test fit, then we will create the actual dash bar and A Pillars. We have made a little progress since the last posted picture, since the shop has moved locations, and there was a lot of new construction done. They are now setting up the Fab area in the new shop, so we will be moving full speed soon. Only thing done lately is Just mocking up the A arm lengths/ track width. But nothing substantial. When real updates are made, I will definitely be posting!
Here are some shots of the new facilities Late model Performance side. The offices, show room, and conference room was newly constructed. The building was an old Pepsi Storage building with nothing inside before. I will post the fab side of the shop once that side is completed.
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Fab side to the shop isn't complete, but it is back up and running! At the moment we are going to focus on the front suspension, then move to the rear suspension. We have the front suspension designed and CAD, but I'm sure the final design will change when actually building it.
Track width. I want this thing wide. Alot of high end sports cars/super cars seem to have a track width of 60-70inches. For example the viper ACR comes in at a 62.9", while the corvette zo6 comes in a tad over 63". Aventador is 67". Koenigsegg is 66.9 Keep in mind track width is center of tire, to center of tire. So that gives an additional 5-6" of "meat" per side to add to get a complete width. We are going to be around 78-80" in complete width. From my understanding is just wider than an Aventador.
Here is a quick mockup. The passenger side is a 345. The driver side is a 275. I Would love to run atleast a 315 up front and a 345 in the rear. But would really love to run a 345 on all fours. It may not be ideal, but I'd like to play around with the 345 on all fours to see if it can be dialed in. After all, the car is being made from scratch right. lol. Once we nail down the track width, we will start fabbing the A arms and cantilever suspension.
I have designed my car to take a 325 on all 4 corners with room to increase the rear sizing. Probably wont run that big of a front but it would look good at shows. LOLhttps://lateral-g.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=70932&stc=1&d=15762087 59
So finally got settled in the new shop, then the pandemic hit, slowing down progress on personal builds, since the shop got really busy. We have cleared out most of the cars, and now I have time again to do my stuff!
I am going full speed on it now. My goal is to have it as a full roller by New Years, and into SEMA 2022. I hope to compete with the “big dogs” in battle of the builders.
I placed the body on the chassis, and everything lines up perfectly! Next step is to add a few more bars to strengthen up the chassis, then remove body and final weld. After that, then it’s the cool cantilever suspension!
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