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    Designing the suspension for my car

    Goran 1 I understand the angle modification of the A-arm leg now. Thanks for the clarification. It's going to be difficult to use current parts, but my budget doesn't allow for custom fabricated uprights. The first car is going to have to be built on a budget. If it does what it's supposed to...
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    Designing the suspension for my car

    1 So to make for a better steering geometry, I should lower the angle of my front lower control arms? I can see my current setup having a problem with bump steer now that you mention it. I do want the rack in front of the wheels, and there's plenty of room there to put it wherever it needs to...
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    Designing the suspension for my car

    I decided on 19 or 20 inch wheels then I'm probably using some Mazda RX8 spindles knuckles basically all I'm left with is what camber gain do I want, roll center height, and I gotta aim for no bump steer. I have a height of 950mm a wheelbase of 2000mm and a width of 1800mm most of these can be...
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    Designing the suspension for my car

    I'm currently in the design process of building a car, and have been for over a year now. I'm planning on building a one off car in my garage. I am not an engineer, but I have a fairly good understanding of physics and mechanical components. To give you a better idea of what I'm building you...

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