MC-10 AWESOME!!!!!!

[borris]

This thing is absolutely unbelievable!  Fab porn at it's finest for sure.
http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/showthread.php?t=77723

[VLADD]

That is a nice clean and well thought out build

[tone]

looks like its going to be a great buggy
estimated weight seems like a lot

cheers

[fabr]

I really like that.

[wildcatkit52]

I want one of everything... I need richness.  :'( 

Maybe I will find something around here full of thousands and thousands of $$$$$$$$$

It has happened in the past plenty of times. To bad they found it all. OR DID THEY? I must go look. Lot's of cool toys with tires to own! Must...  Find... A way!

[artie on edge]

OMG, what gorgeous stuff! Absolutely loved everything I saw/read.... except the weight! That is a seriously heavy car for the horsepower.

I talk in kilograms so I had to do the converstions, but my car with a busa is destined to be in the 450kg range which is about 990lbs. This beasty (admitedly with an uprated busa is in the 670kg to 730kg range (1400 to 1600 lbs).

That 'absorbs' a serious load of the available grunt.

That aside, damn thats pretty.

Anybody had any serious experience with the boxed control arms? Im very enthusiastic.... kinda ...sexy??? Man Im one sick fu%$.....

[borris]

The boxed arms are the latest thing but a bit of point of contention.     I've asked about the practice of using "pockets" in them for shock mounts and get a variety of answers as to the wisdom of that.  What's your opinion?

[artie on edge]

I'm really unsure and as I have no experience with them it will be all conjecture... but....

Firstly, why are they needed (same question is applied to all innovations)...? are the existing units or methodology inadequate?

In most cases no, tubular arms are very satisfactory and can be made reasonably light weight for a given strength ratio (if that makes sense). I can see how a boxed arm will supply much better stiffness and strength in some areas, but at a cost (complexity and labour).

Do tubular arms supply the necessary "Bling" value?

Oh definitely not.... and here I think we can find an answer for MOST applications. Lets face it we all like/love bling! (in buggy terms though, bling isn't always gold chains, damn nice set of alloy wheels...mmmmmm).

For mine I'm thinking that a hybrid tubular/boxed unit may well be the best option. Lets not forget one thing...making boxed arms is extremely labour intensive in comparison to tubular arms.

If its purely function under "normal" operating conditions you are after...tubular.... but we roll to the beat of a different drum.. and some extreme applications may well NEED boxed arms...

So I say...bring em on!

[Dqracer]

Nice workmanship, those boxed A-arms are alittle over kill for the application, but none
the less , very nicely done.  Boxed a-arms originated back in the early Formula car days
when extreme strength and light weight was needed. Some of the early Lola's had boxed
a-arms made from .030 sheetmetal.

[borris]

Nice workmanship, those boxed A-arms are alittle over kill for the application, but none
the less , very nicely done.  Boxed a-arms originated back in the early Formula car days
when extreme strength and light weight was needed. Some of the early Lola's had boxed
a-arms made from .030 sheetmetal.

Talk about racing a tin can! Isn't that about the time unibody cars came about?