The car assembly, with the non-transparent items being either designed/selected by me completely or with direct involvement.
Above, the mocked up rear suspension assembly post welding. These were some of my first MIG welds, and so they were less than ideal. The suspension system survived two competitions successfully, while the FEA safety factor was at 2.5.
The lower “H arms” and upper locating link. This arrangement was easy to jig, and easy to get a good behavior kinematics wise.
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2017 Baja Car
The design of this car happened in parallel to the 2017 Racecar. Most of the design effort was placed on rear suspension, where packaging around the driveshafts was the primary concern (and structural design was done, on wheel bearing carriers, and suspension arms). The front suspension was primarily made of existing components, but with kinematics adapted to the car’s needs. Some work was done tuning the 4-way adjustable EVOL Fox shocks, making the smoothest riding Baja car the team has ever had.
