Back at it

Made the upper control arms after finally deciding on a design. The arms still need to be reinforced along the joints that meet the chassis, this is them about 50% finished. Still its good to get back on Lotus after not touching it for a couple months, being too wrapped up in the Z.

The spare as a placeholder to show ride height and clearance test with the turbos
The spare as a placeholder to show ride height and clearance test with the turbos
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Looks like there will be about 3" of travel in both directions before binding.

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Im thinking pushrod suspension will be the only way since there isn’t enough room for coilovers to pass through the control arms with a decent angle to meet the chassis.

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Off to “design” things.