O.K. I've not posted here for a while, so let me start off first by saying that I'm not an engineer. I don't have any calculations for anything that has been or will be discussed here. I was asked about the integrity of my chassis quite a while ago. I am involved in construction, mostly cast in place concrete, reinforcing steel, and structural buildings. I have to say that in the most recent 10-15 years, engineering has gone into the crapper. The older engineers knew their trade. Quite possibly because that had experience actually doing the work that they designed. Today, most are book taught. They have no practical experience. If I had a quarter for every engineers screw up that I had to fix, I'd be rich. I'm not saying that any of the engineers that post here are idiots, I'm just saying that in my experience, the trend is heading that way. Does my chassis look liked a flawed design allowing for flex between the lower control arm mount points? Not in my opinion. I do understand a little about triangulation and how forces will act on a structure. For the chassis to flex, it will most likely want to go outward and upward. My chassis appears to have been designed with this in mind, so I'm not worried in that respect. I understand that there was a Mk I chassis tested and that the numbers came up very well. Have I seen the numbers. Nope, wouldn't understand them if I did.
I've also seen on this site, and experience it also, is the bad blood some hold against others. I've seen some backstabbing happen around here, and some folks with alterior motive working their magic. If that's your intentions on this site, then log off, we don't need your type around here. If your intentions in pointing something out are sincere, then if you are an engineer, or if you excell in the field of chassis design, then you have a duty, no, obligation to be specific about what you see and back it up with detailed information. Don't yell fire unless you can show me some smoke.
That is all,
Be good y'all,
P.S. Sold my Cobra yesterday, I'm a pretty happy camper. Now I can focus on the GT40