Part of me feels like there needs to be more metal outboard of the V on the lower control arms. They are probably fine but it just looks like it should be more. I am also probably underestimating their diameter as I assume they are 1"OD which is probably incorrect.
Everything looks great as always and it's so awesome to see how fast this one is coming along.
In reply to nocones :
They did come out looking a little different than "normal" but they should be plenty strong.
A big part of that was ease of fabrication (no bends) and just were things fell into place for the chassis side mounts. I could have definitely made a more conventional design with some bends on the tubes.
However a big part of where my thinking was on this is the goal of light weight. I overbuilt the arms on the other car...A LOT! And when I look at circle track stuff their lowers are just two 1" od .120 wall swedge tubes with rod ends... nothing all that special considering those cars are meant to survive wheel banging. Several of those designs have the "V" a little ways back from the ball joint cup. So the ball joint is only held by a single 1" tube.
However you slice it, this car has the target of 1000lbs lighter than the current car...which would be right around #2600 race weight. But I'll be happy with anything sub #3000. That itself reduces the loads on the suspension by a big margin.
Great work going on, love this direction.
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