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So I was oping someone could shed some light about how these a-arms functioned. I am interested in making the suspension lighter, but I am looking for easy replacements of certain components first before trying to create new ones.
The 185 a-arm is very different from these other cars, but I am not sure why.
Here is the The st185 a-arm. It has two pivot points. Can anyone elaborate why? I have been wondering if travel and strength are the reasons the a-arm is designed the way it is with two chassis mounting pivot points.
St205. This setup uses a single bar like the sw20 although there are many other components at play here.
st231 Celica. It looks like this a-arm would almost be compatible with ours but the secondary mounting point looks strange. Seeing this is what made me wonder about suspension travel in rally. I wonder how much lighter this is vs our a-arm and what it might take to convert it.
sw20 Mr2. A single bar system. I am not sure if its cause of less weight that they can get away with this simpler arm. I have been wondering if this could be swapped over on the 185 w/o ill effects on the suspension and safety.
Thoughts, insight?
The 185 a-arm is very different from these other cars, but I am not sure why.
Here is the The st185 a-arm. It has two pivot points. Can anyone elaborate why? I have been wondering if travel and strength are the reasons the a-arm is designed the way it is with two chassis mounting pivot points.
St205. This setup uses a single bar like the sw20 although there are many other components at play here.
st231 Celica. It looks like this a-arm would almost be compatible with ours but the secondary mounting point looks strange. Seeing this is what made me wonder about suspension travel in rally. I wonder how much lighter this is vs our a-arm and what it might take to convert it.
sw20 Mr2. A single bar system. I am not sure if its cause of less weight that they can get away with this simpler arm. I have been wondering if this could be swapped over on the 185 w/o ill effects on the suspension and safety.
Thoughts, insight?