Springfield Flyer.

[tauruck]

I got started on building a box section for mounting the rear end on the liner.
The Bloodhound fan/connection that said Hakskeen Pan was bumpy put a little
scare into me so I decided to build a dual purpose mounting for shocks or struts.

I never left it there. I got hold of Barry Ashmole who has run on the Pan and asked
his advice. He says the surface is even and the only problem is dust. He did mention
that he obviously never ran at the speeds we're looking at for the liner.

The box is still in early stages of fabrication but I used some good thickness material
as a starting point.

[tauruck]

Inside of the 150mm section I tacked in a piece of 76 x 38 x 3mm rectangular tubing
to add stiffness and also more surface area for welding. I'll give the sides of that
some 1" beads tomorrow.

[tauruck]

Dummied up the box on the chassis and it's a good fit.
Still got a bunch of work to do but it sure beats sitting
on my hands like I have been.
I missed working on the car big time but since I've come back
i'm calmer and the stress level is zero.

I had to visit two of my sponsors today to collect components.
The first guy says business is so bad I'll have to pay his cost
on the new parts. He was good enough to come on board in the
first place and I feel for him. I paid.
Second guy Keith is also awesome. Got more rattle can Dykem Blue
and High Temp black. Also Aluminum silver for the block and heads.

[tauruck]

I've had a set of shocks off my F2 "wing car" from the early 80s in my stash.
I can't remember the spring rate etc but Ted at Bilstein will.
They are severe heavy duty items with the amount of downforce we had
back then and I think they'll work.

I should make a lot of progress in the AM so i'm excited and can't wait.

[manta22]

Mike;

There are some spring rate calculators on the internet that are reasonably accurate. Nice shocks!

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[tauruck]

Thanks Neil.

[tauruck]

I'm running a 4 link rear with Panhard bar and anti-roll bar.
Space is tight. I want to cut the top mountings off the diff.
I won't be using them and they're in the way.
Any comments?.
The pic shows the location of where the Panhard bar will mount.

[tauruck]

Shock mounts welded to box.

[tauruck]

More of the same.

[tauruck]

Shock hung temporarily.
Still have to figure the bottom mount?.

[RidgeRunner]

    A short panhard bar might still allow enough sideways movement for handling issues to develop at higher speeds, a wishbone might work much better.  If he doesn't chime in here send a PM to Stainless, they changed from panhard to wishbone on their lakester and found handling improvement.

               Ed

[Peter Jack]

If you want to ensure it stays dead on center you could see if you have room for a watts link.

Pete

[floydjer]

+1 on the watts linkage..Those ears on the diff. might be a handy mounting point for that or a reversed wishbone. JB

[tauruck]

Thanks Ed, Jerry and Pete.
Rear end project on hold. Good thing I never cut the ears off.
I'm going to take it easy this evening and get going tomorrow
morning. The Watts, wishbone idea is better. I haven't welded
anything to the chassis yet either so no biggie.

[kiwi belly tank]

With rear suspension you will need to have "ZERO" body roll or it will induce yaw with that inline tandem front end & you'll be chasing that bitch all over the desert at best.
  Sid.