[DML] Re: Upgraded Front Suspension

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Split towards the back *IS* factory (Illustration on Page J:09:01 of the workshop manual is from the front).

This is backwards (intentionally) -- split towards the front: http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/375011_267060150005909_100001057778755_815811_2047237322_n.jpg

Bill Robertson
#5939

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, S C <dmamessages@...> wrote:
>
> Rob,
> 
> I just wanted to correct myself from the statement that I mentioned on the
> Fall Tour which was posted on the DML.  I was wrong in saying that the way
> the bushings are installed at your shop split towards the back (front sway
> bar bushings).  I took a look at my suspension and it is indeed installed
> the same way as the factory pictures show.  This is how I have always
> installed them after you (Grady) showed me how to install it at your shop.
>  My memory was just reversed in thought that night.  I just wanted to clear
> that up.
> 
> -Steve Cosgrove
> 
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Rob Grady <rob@...> wrote:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > I don't know who said that but they were mistaken as I normally leave the
> > bushings in the original factory position.
> >
> >
> > Rob Grady
> >
> > P.J. Grady Inc.
> >
> > From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of
> > content22207
> > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:15 AM
> > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Subject: [DML] Re: Upgraded Front Suspension
> >
> > This is why I left rubber bushings in the crumple extension mounts (LCA end
> > is polyurethane). I also turned them around so the meaty side is towards
> > the
> > back (sway bar arc pushes forward into an empty space). Horizontally it
> > makes no difference which way the bushing is turned.
> >
> > Combined with the 45 degree shape of our sway bars (Lotus' sway bars have a
> > sharp 90 degree bend), I think arc of travel arguments are a Red Herring.
> >
> > An owner at FFT'11 told me Rob Grady turns his bushings around as normal
> > practice even on OEM suspensions, probably to try and minimize the LCA
> > pulling backwards during braking.
> >
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> >
> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> , Marc
> >
> > Levy <malevy_nj@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Mike..
> > >
> > > So, in the Lotus application there was no obvious changes made to allow
> > for the arc travel of the ARB? The movement is absorbed by the ARB itself?
> > Or did they maybe use softer bushings?
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Thu, 10/27/11, Michael Griese <mike.griese@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Michael Griese <mike.griese@>
> > > > Subject: Re: [DML] Upgraded Front Suspension
> > > > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 1:22 AM
> > > > Basically Lotus modified the original
> > > > LCA to take on a lower A arm geometry.
> > > > They separated the fore/aft location of the LCA from the
> > > > ARB by adding the extra
> > > > piece. The washer you see is not a collar but a
> > > > washer used to compress the
> > > > bushing on the end of the ARB. The reasons Lotus did
> > > > this was the improvements
> > > > in tire technologies over the years, the increase in
> > > > horsepower available from
> > > > the drivetrain and the improvements in braking. The
> > > > improved grip of
> > > > performance tires was starting to overwhelm the suspension
> > > > design.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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