Or as my friend Reid said when I showed him a picture, "you can almost hear
the "Deliverance" banjo in the background."
--- On Wed, 3/2/11, fastvee
<fastvee at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: fastvee <fastvee at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re:
[Spridgets] Any thoughts on this eBay Bugeye?
> To: "Spridget list"
<spridgets at autox.team.net>, "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner at gmail.com>
> Date:
Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 1:23 PM
> Hi Lin,
> I think the suspension is rather
crude, and does not
> following good design
> practice. On the front
suspension having an upper A-arm is
> a good idea, but
> even if the two
mounting tabs are 1/4" they don't seem to
> provide much
> resistance to
caster change during braking. The mounting
> tab for the front
> anti-sway bar
is probably flexing considerably, which may
> be why it looks like
> it is
bent while the suspension is in droop. There isn't
> enough detail shown
> to
critique it further, but the tube shock mounting could
> be another problem
>
area. The rear suspension looks like it was not designed to
> go around
corners
> because the spring base is so narrow, and the shocks are
> mounted
vertically as
> to provide little resistance to chassis roll. The spring
>
rate and damping
> would be digressive and unresponsive to tuning adjustments.
> The upper shock
> mounts are pieces of angle iron without gussets which
means
> lots of flexing.
> We can't tell what the geometry would be as you
can't
> see the upper links. The springs would need to be stiffer
> than
needed due to
> the shock mounting and still not provide a stable platform.
>
About the only
> thing I like are the lower links. It is another way to
>
provide longitudinal
> and lateral axle location with minimal weight and
lowers
> the roll center, but
> may be a bad match for the rest of this
suspension. A low
> roll center with a
> long moment arm above it and little
resistance to roll
> because of the spring &
> shock location and I can
imagine this car lifting a front
> wheel while
> cornering on the street. I
think this car would be a
> handful. Just my two
> cents.
> John
>
Fogelsville, PA
>
> --- On Wed, 3/2/11, Linda Grunthaner
<grunthaner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> From: Linda Grunthaner
<grunthaner at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Spridgets] Any thoughts on this eBay
Bugeye?
> To: "Spridget list" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday,
March 2, 2011, 6:23 AM
>
> List what are your thoughts on this Bugeye? I like
the
> suspension not the
> engine.
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