violentblue
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| posted on 5/5/07 at 04:13 AM |
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Beginnings of My IRS
 
based on Thundrbird components
designed around 5" ride height, RC 2" off the ground, less than 1/8" movement of rc in 3 degree roll or 3" bump.
I used all-thread rod in a couple place to bolt it together temporarily to check articulation.
excuse the messy shop
[Edited on 5/5/07 by violentblue]
a few pics of my other projects
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t.j.
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| posted on 5/5/07 at 06:18 AM |
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Looks nice to me,
Is the bottom bone parrallel to the ground?
Now it's time to think about the shock mounting.
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violentblue
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| posted on 5/5/07 at 02:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by t.j.
Looks nice to me,
Is the bottom bone parrallel to the ground?
Now it's time to think about the shock mounting.
shock mounting? I gotta build the other side first.
no the bottom bone has a slight angle to it, having it paralell to the ground raised the rc higher than i wanted it. ran it through a suspension
analyser and it looks clean.
a few pics of my other projects
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 5/5/07 at 07:51 PM |
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To get that lower wishbone parallel, you are going to need a slightly shorter hammer
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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violentblue
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| posted on 5/5/07 at 11:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
To get that lower wishbone parallel, you are going to need a slightly shorter hammer
had to laugh at that one.
final design calls for 1degree incline on the lower bones.
a few pics of my other projects
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violentblue
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| posted on 6/5/07 at 09:52 PM |
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Got my rear suspension completed (sans shocks and antiroll bar) and am pleased with the results. everything will be dissasembled and
painted/powdercoated before its finished. But the design is plenty strong and will do well.
  
a few pics of my other projects
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t.j.
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 05:00 PM |
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You're pretty sure about your measurements?
I'm gonna use sperical-bearings(unibolts) so i can "handle" my faults 
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violentblue
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 06:44 PM |
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camber is off what it should be, I'm rechecking my measurements, I believe I mismeasured on my upper wishbone, making for 1 degree positive
camber rather than 1 degree negative camber.
If I had used a sherical rod bering on the top wishbone this problem would be easily corrected, but I belive this it a cut, correct and weld, kinda
job.
My mounting points are spot on, I have to make sure my wishbones are correct (i believe bottom one is at least), the problem may be with my initial
measurements of the spindle
[Edited on 7/5/07 by violentblue]
a few pics of my other projects
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violentblue
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 05:47 PM |
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cut 1/2" out of the top bones to correct for my mis-measurement of my lower bones. camber is perfect now.
I'll be buying the rest of the parts I need for the front soon, so that'll be good to finish up.
a few pics of my other projects
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