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stressy

posted on 5/10/04 at 03:38 PM Reply With Quote
Upright Geometry

Knowing there are people out there playing with elaborate computer models for suspension hopefully this is a simple request.

Can somebody supply with basic governing geometry for a cortina upright in terms of upper and lower ball joint centres, track control link centre etc with repspect the wheel bolting surface and centreline for example so i can pop it on the old drawing board.

Any info will be appreciated as it means i dont need to pull one off the car!

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blueshift

posted on 5/10/04 at 03:45 PM Reply With Quote
Yup! Darren sent me a lovely PDF with all the dimensions on it. u2u me your email address and I'll pass it on.

Also, I'm making a solidworks model of the cortina upright based on the PDF. let me know if you want a copy of that, too.

Actually, gotcha: it's only the dimensions for the cast upright, so not the hub or balljoints.

[Edited on 5/10/04 by blueshift]

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stephen_gusterson

posted on 5/10/04 at 03:54 PM Reply With Quote
does it have the roll centre defined tho?



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pbura

posted on 5/10/04 at 03:55 PM Reply With Quote
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pbura

posted on 5/10/04 at 04:16 PM Reply With Quote
Just noticed that the drawing I posted lacks lateral locations of ball joints

For suspension modeling, I've been using upright geometry I got second-hand. Haven't cared too much because it's been for illustrative purposes only.

If the info from Blueshift doesn't answer your questions, I can locate the Locost NA post I got my info from. Pretty sure it didn't have TRE location, though.

Pete





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stressy

posted on 5/10/04 at 05:47 PM Reply With Quote
cheers guys hopefully that gets me what i want for a first pass.

Steve, i believe roll centres are an optional extra

its only the upright geometry im intersted in...





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blueshift

posted on 5/10/04 at 06:54 PM Reply With Quote
This should fill in the missing dimensions:

http://leetfighter.com/~jon/cortina-upright.pdf

(thanks to Darren of GTS Tuning for that PDF)

Still working on the solidworks model, anyone give me a shout if they want it.

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stressy

posted on 6/10/04 at 06:41 AM Reply With Quote
Cheers blue, that should answer most of it





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