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build diary November 21, 2005: The books are starting to ship out, although I haven't heard from anyone yet who's received one. I've been thinking more and more about what to do with respect to the suspension. I was recently provided with a set of measurements for the Miata suspension, front and rear. Should I just stick them on? I can't, the nose isn't wide enough. I will probably model them in a 3D program and see if I can get the same behaviour though. Rumour has it the roll center is extremely well controlled. I'm also going to model my current suspensions and see what the camber curves look like and if it does have a good ride height for roll center control. A call from the owner of the GRM Locost indicates that he is (probably) running on the front bumpstops. Combined with the lower CG thanks to the lower ride height, this might explain why his car seems to roll so much less. And sometimes I just wonder if I'm being too much of a perfectionist (whiner?) and I should just stick some stiffer springs and sway bars on the car and drive it. It's quite possible that all I really, really need is a good alignment done on a rack instead of at home. I was thinking more about the handling of the car today while driving in to work in a Miata. I realised that while I'm giving the impression that it's a real handful to drive, it's actually very friendly. There aren't many cars that I'll purposely pitch into a big slide, certainly not with the sort of cornering speed and traction generated by the Seven. I want the car to be world-class and corner as fast as it possibly can. It should be superlative, not just impressive. entry 1073 of 1439 |