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]

I don't know why we ever had the standard crap 911 suspension. The 935 is naturally cheaper to produce. The heim ends are all prefab. Just make the mounts and go.

The steering system could be considered suspension. As well as wheels and tires.

Note that the cross beam on this model (this isn't a real 935 suspender. It's an expensive knock-off) is billet aluminum. That really isn't necessary. The stock steel cross works better for strength, and our cars are already biased to the rear, so it doesn't really give a weight advantage unless you can remove equivalent weight from the rear end.

I've been drawing something up that will use motorcycle tires instead of car tires, and with a really aggressive caster angle to make use of the round rubber. End-all, be all would be two hydraulic cylinders to make the car carve like a skier at high speeds and would make the car turn normally at low speeds. And some mixture of both at points in between. Motorcycle brake disks are lighter, as with their calipers. And they would be more than enough to stop cars of our size. Plus very modern sports car options have been available to the masses in the motorcycle world. I.E. carbon brake disks. Motorcycle wheels are much lighter, too.