> That means you can weld in your panhard/torque arm whatever. Are you
> going to disallow that?
Existing weld-on devices allowed under current SP rules will be retained - but
don't expect to get any more of them.
> I won't even start the torque arm attaching to subframe connectors debate
> again :)
If you want to weld your torque arm to one of your subframe connectors, that
appears to be legal - but those subframe connectors had better be bolted in.
Maybe. I'd have to see a sketch of the design to be sure.
> Next. How do you define an attachment point?
A reasonable question, and one I've been wrestling with.
An "attachment point" is not a bolt, it's the end of the bar - so a
2-attachment-point subframe connector is essentially a bar, attached at each
end. How that attachment is handled is up to you, as long as it's bolted.
Note that means you can't triangulate the subframe connectors together - that
would be "one subframe connector with 4 attachment points"
Here's an example with upper strut bars:
Here's a typical riceboy strut bar
O===========O 2 attachment points
Here's a Mustang R strut bar
O
/ \
/ \
/ \
O=========O Three attachment points
Here's one I've seen for Volkswagons
O=========O
/ \
O O Four attachment points
> If you'll allow two
> bolts each end could you additionally/instead continue the 'mount' from
> your subframe connector horizontally onto the floor pan are then bolt
> vertically through the floor as well?
I don't see why not.
Now this means you could fashion a mount that sorta looked like a suspension
point mount as attached to a monocoque race tub, with a flange bolted (which
would be riveted on a monocoque) to the floorpan... ugly, and heavy - but legal.
DG
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