Double A-arm suspension

[JiI]

I've been looking at all your stuff and it looks pretty cool. I'm designing my own a-arm setup for my kit car but I'll be putting the inner arm pivots closer together and running longer arms. I'll probably lob off the frame head early on. I'll be running VW ball joint spindles with disk brakes with a Chevy bolt pattern. The biggest difference is that I'll be hooking up a torsion bar setup with non-coilover shocks. It's going to be a little radical but the height will be fully adjustable. It may be a little stiff but sporty. Very low center of gravity as well. Once I get to the building point, I'll post pictures.
JiI

[volkdent]

Keep us posted, sounds interesting!

Jason

[volkdent]

Originally Posted by JiI

I've been looking at all your stuff and it looks pretty cool. I'm designing my own a-arm setup for my kit car but I'll be putting the inner arm pivots closer together and running longer arms. I'll probably lob off the frame head early on. I'll be running VW ball joint spindles with disk brakes with a Chevy bolt pattern. The biggest difference is that I'll be hooking up a torsion bar setup with non-coilover shocks. It's going to be a little radical but the height will be fully adjustable. It may be a little stiff but sporty. Very low center of gravity as well. Once I get to the building point, I'll post pictures.
JiI

Any progress here?

Jason

[chug_A_bug]

hey jason and pure55 how's it coming? any pics and what's going on with test drives? I'm looking to do this to my 69 but it comes down to the $$$ for it now but love what you guys have done keep us updated.


___________

69 Becoming a GL on the slow road
72 std run about
93 nissan u/p

[volkdent]

Life is happening to me right now. I have a house that I'm selling, one that I'm getting ready to rent, and another that is getting renovated and an addition, so I've not even touch the bug in a long time. I have not been idle though, Lanner at V-Dub Customs is still finishing off my front brakes. I imagine about 2 months and I'll be back to working on it again.

Jason

[pure55vw]

Haven't been on here in quite a while but here's the latest on the double A-arm suspension project: Recently completed a 4000 mi. test of the suspension over all kinds of roads (and weather conditions). No "high-speed racing" unfortunately, since the car is just an otherwise stock '74, but it would be interesting to see how it performs under those conditions. The suspension structure held up generally very well. No chronically loose bolts or unusually worn parts. It's now coming off the test car and going on my '55, which was it's ultimate destination. There's a bit of work to do before that, though. I'll be busy a while cleaning and re-painting a few rusty parts, replacing a torn ball joint boot, etc. I increased the caster to about 5 degrees to help straight line tracking, but seems like it could stand more. So part of the work the next few months will be adjusting steering and suspension geometry to get it, plus a few other improvements that seem worthy. Jason, I see you asked for a pix of the steering connection. Since it's already off, I'll mock it up and post it. Sorry for taking so long..

[volkdent]

Not a problem! Glad to hear your making progress. I hope to be doing trials on the suspension this winter, but at the rate I've been going that looks to be aways off. I'm really looking forward to the process though. I'll look forward to the pics.

Jason

[chug_A_bug]

hey Pure hows it going?? so any good new on the front end??
I"m really wanting to get my hands on one

thanks
Chris.