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Old 01-22-2009, 06:41 PM
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Old 01-22-2009, 08:42 PM
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Quite an interesting scheme to control the wheels, camber, etc. Very complicated with way too many heim joints, etc. It would be a maintenance night mare.
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Twin Turbo was a regular in the C3 section for quite some time. He is quite an industrious guy and has a lot of cool ideas. He has been working on his Vette for a while now. It is getting close to a working car...
Old 01-24-2009, 05:27 PM
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....or you could have just bought one of these

Old 01-24-2009, 07:33 PM
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Default Uhhhh Houston, we have a problem...

I saw solid shafts AND rigid upper links. Unless there is slop in there somewhere he is going to be putting some serious loads into the U joints...

I know if the links were parallel and all the inboard and all the outboard joints were on the same line (as viewed from the rear), the system would work as a four bar, but that's the only way it is going to not bind up, and a rig like that wouldn't have a good camber curve.
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The guy definitely has some skills. Looks like a lot of fabrication and considerable added weight though.

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