[Mesa]

Another thing that has me thinking .... since the car will spend at least half of it's time on the street, .... how to keep the front end of the car from being busted up on driveways? After looking over the inner structures it seems this is a possible solution. Support the pivot point with a wide bracket the width of the flat area between the windscreen and the edge of the body. Bond the front splitter (which is fiberglass) to the nose for added rigidity and make plastic slide pucks the width of the underside of the splitter (or make from delron) too keep the splitter from hanging up on the ground. Use locating slides on the sides of the chassis located radiator side fences (there are corresponding fences bonded to the underside of the 'hood') to limit the upward sweep. To finish it off have a cockpit triggered lock down catch to keep it from pivoting under normal use. I don't like the fact the 'hood' will open the wrong way but don't see any other way to address this challenge without building a heavy reinforcing frame for the splitter. And making the whole splitter out of delron plastic too keep the pressure of a ground impact off the bodywork. Either this or build in a lift system for the front suspension that will be a whole lot more complex (and heavy) me thinks.

You gents have any ideas?