Senior design project Options

[i love porsche]

hey everyone, i figured id post this here to see what you all thought

I am a ME student at NJIT and for a senior design project, Myself and 2 other students will be redesigning the front suspension of the 914. the goal of the project will be to optimize the structural rigidity of the control arm while decreasing weight, also to try and optimize the camber curves and adjustability for racing use.

prettymuch we would be designing a racing control arm. depending on the results, this may be something that could go into a production run..who knows

what im asking is for donations of stock parts. A arms, shocks, tie rods...

i want to try and recreate a front corner of the car that will be easy to modulate and work on for demonstration and testing purposes.

so let me know your thoughts/ideas

thanks
Aaron

[alpha434]

(IMG:http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1ktsj/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/ron_mann_935_01web.jpg)


Here's a bitchin' design project: A "bumpsteer-less" rack. It would have to be able to maintain a pivot point in line with the pivot of the a-arm(s). This could easily be done with hydraulics, but that's daftly inefficient because it necessitates a power steering or similar hydraulic system, and there isn't a mechanical safeguard in the event of failure.

[i love porsche]

(IMG:http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1ktsj/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/ron_mann_935_01web.jpg)


Here's a bitchin' design project: A "bumpsteer-less" rack. It would have to be able to maintain a pivot point in line with the pivot of the a-arm(s). This could easily be done with hydraulics, but that's daftly inefficient because it necessitates a power steering or similar hydraulic system, and there isn't a mechanical safeguard in the event of failure.

thanks for the thoughts, but at the moment we have already gone through the approval process. this will also be a lower cost alternative to a 935 suspension

thanks for the pictures