Super Beetle single A arm front suspension.

[The Pirate]

Ok those are nice. But it looks like you took notches out of you frame head to channel those struts into? That and they look like they may interfear with the frame moving up as the body comes down. Dont they bottom out in that channel? I will use paint to draw up a general sketch to show what I have in mind. Plus a little more wight in the front is ok with me as the super is a little to light in the front. That And I want to be able to get parts with out having to fab them incase of breakage.

Gave me some ideas.....

[yetibone]

During mock-up the struts bottomed out with a full 7mm between the channels and strut-rods. I put a ~7 degree downward angle at the root of the strut-rods, and a 12 degree upward bend about 10" away from the rod-end to keep them from bottoming.

[The Pirate]

Also yetibone how do you plan to fit a sway bar?

here is a very basic idea of what i am planing. I will be using Audi A arms. This is just a rough draft and may be changed during design and application.

[yetibone]

Front sway bar fits in it's stock location. It no longer bolts directly through the control arms, but with drop-links.

[Jeza]

A freind of mine remade his lower arms, but turned them into really long A arms.

Have a look at this thread on the subject and the pics I posted then.

http://www.germanlook.com/Forums/sho...ghlight=s1fter

Having said that, I don't have a problem with my setup -944 NA brakes on standard setup but urethane bushes and Topline swaybar. Another fellow I know has the same setup being pushed around by a 2.5 SOHC Subi motor, and he hasn't mentioned any problems either.

Cheers
Jeremy

[The Pirate]

Thanks guys this is great. I will document my mod carefully for all of you.

[The Pirate]

Ok here are some pictures.

A arms -1982 Audi 4000 A arms with mounting bolts.

Ball joints -are bolt in, same size and length of the Porsche 944 ball joints.
The ball joints are cheap even for quality ones. About $30.00 US each.

The beetel strut can easily be modified to have the camber adjustment on the top mounting bolt to the spindel like the 944 Porsche. all you need to modify it is a round file and some time and work.

Now all I have to do is figure where exactly to mount the arm and fab the mounts. The hardest part is the precise position. I am guessing I want to position the A arm so the camber adjustment is right in the middle. That way I will have adjustment either up or down. To find that I will need to keep the face of the spindel 90 degrees to the ground. I also will need to find a way to simulate the way the suspension will behave with the cars empty weight.

hmmm

The A arms are shown roughly where they will need to be to match where the beetle ball joint ends end. About 21 inches from the center of the mount on the frame to the center of the ball joint. I will be leaving the orignal mounts so If i ever want to change back I will be able to.