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Old 01-04-2012, 12:27 AM   #14 (permalink)
jime57
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Found the pictures! IMO, with all those suspension parts handing out in the wind, you are definitely gonna need fenders all way out to tire outter edge. all those shocks, control arms, half shafts, etc. are an aero mess. Only thing you can do at this stage is to cover it all.

There were options, at one point, to do the front suspension differently, but with much more cost. On modern formula type race cars, the shocks and springs are internal to the central body and the load is transferred from the hub to the spring by a load rod and some bellcrank arrangement. And, as 3wheeler kinda intimated, the control arms themselves are streamlined. I think it is too late for that though, and not in keeping with the cost of your project. Interesting project!
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