build diary

July 28, 2005: I haven't managed to get much work done on the Seven this week, but I did spend a very successful hour on it last night.
I figured how to install the front sway bar nicely. I need a 1.6 bar (they have shorter arms than the 1.8) to fit, but I picked one up today from my friend Jim. He's the one who made this whole project possible with the donation of the green car, if you've read that far back. I'll check it tonight to see how it works but I'm pretty excited. Jonathan Freinkel has been doing some analysis of the "CMC Miata" geometry and found some weight jacking in the rear. Racetrack photos bear this out. His idea is that the sways front and rear will help counteract this.

This weekend I'll weld up the plates on the transmission tunnel to finish the transmission mount and start putting the poor neglected thing back together. A couple of extra reinforcements will also be added. And the Seven gains weight, hopefully for a good cause.

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