After the mods to the cooling etc, it was time to try a different suspension setup. After the first test a few things came to light so we have changed pretty much everything. Thats not to say what we had before was wrong, but we think we can make it better, well you have to try! This ranges from new springs, camber and heights. Luckily we have some MEGA laser tracking gauges which come is useful for low cars as out ‘DUNLOP’ style ones cant be viewed under the low splitters!
After the successful first outing the plan now is to continually modify/adjust/tweak etc in an attempt to either improve reliability or speed or BOTH!
One item that was highlighted at Snetterton was the flexing of the rear hubs. This would show its head as slightly erratic handling of the car under power. Obviously I could just draw up some much larger uprights, and I may still have to do this, but I dont really want to as it will cost some cash and take some time, so I have put some effort into modifying the original uprights to stiffen them up. This has been successful and the uprights are MUCH stiffer now, but only another test will prove if they are stiff enough!
Below you can see the original setup. What I have not done is to use much larger bolts with 15mm hollow dowel pins to hold the steering arm in place. The raised section on the arm has been removed to allow for a larger diameter steel spacer to be used, obviously I have put back on the length removed to maintain the geometry! I have then made up a supporting arm that bolt to the lower lug on the upright. Please excuse the dirt, but it was chucking it down at Snetterton and I didnt see the point in cleaning the uprights before machining them!
While the car was at rideheight I thought that I should get the droplinks for the front anti-rollbar. In actual fact I used the ones from the rear, as these were too long on the rear and I bought some female rosejoints to sort it. But on the front these fitted a treat!
Its always good to be prepared. To that end I have got myself a load of different springs for the font and rear. I am not sure which will be needed, but quite often we change springs for different trqacks, and obviously for wet/dry, so you end up with a load of different ranges!
Whilst sorting the front bump stops, I noticed, although I should have done before, that the front right damper was able to rotated just enough to rub the steering column. It was going to be a problem in itslef, like locking the column, but it was going to damage the canister, so I thought I whould stop it from being able to rotate enough. So I knocked up a couple of nylon spacers to limit the rotation.
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