Guys,
sorry for being absent the last week, but as said I am working for a US company and we are approaching year end and it is q4 the almost most important quarter for us
But back to the facts...
@Andy from Tornado.
I am not an engineer, but usually the spring is the first thing that MUST BLOCK to protect the coil over. If the coil over goes on block first, it can break and based on the design, if it breaks, you perhaps loose the whole wheel...Nice idea
I am not going to explain you, how to draw pictures with all forces working on a suspension, read a book.
But the more you move the coil over away from the hub, the more load is going on the suspension arm it is mounted to, and you need to increase stiffness of the material or change the design to carry that additional load.
What we see here on the LEFT side is a bend over time because of the weak material you have chosen. I assume ( not saying it was) that the bend on the right side was the same until the car was approaching the mentioned curve on the ring and then got bend more based on the high load. This explains the different amount of bending we see.
Your suspension arm design is bad and the material you have chosen is not up to the job, not even for street use.
You can call me wrong, but pls do it like an engineer, put facts, drawings and calculations on the table, keep your wrong assumptions for yourself.
And pls don't forget to send us a picture of the improved parts you mentioned.
However, if highly encourage you to visit race tracks and look how race cars are being setup. There are several parts of the old ring for example where the spring goes on block on nearly every car, even modern ones.
Having all said all this beside this, you should be ashamed, accusing other forum member here to bend the arms more just to harm you or your business.
@all other Tornado owners and drivers. My intention was to bring this to your attention so you all can deal with the information and improve your cars or not. But reading some comments here, is a bit disappointing. Don't believe someone how claims to have sold xxx amount of cars, is right with all he is saying. Start asking critical questions and don't trust comments from someone hows only interest it is to sell cars and not to pay for a product recall. It is his right to work revenue orientated, for sure, but clearly there is a borderline between revenue and callousness of other peoples health. Andy is not your best friend, he is ( and again this is his right) a business man who sells cars for a living.
There is a bent suspension arm and the manufacture has not respond to this threat with facts, drawings, explanations or solutions in a professional way.
That was what I wanted out of this.
Instead he is threaten forum members with lawyers, or accusing other forum members
Sorry if I do sound a bit upset but it reminds me to an old saying "Eat more shit a million flys can't be wrong"
Cheers
(C)arlos
sorry for being absent the last week, but as said I am working for a US company and we are approaching year end and it is q4 the almost most important quarter for us
But back to the facts...
@Andy from Tornado.
I am not an engineer, but usually the spring is the first thing that MUST BLOCK to protect the coil over. If the coil over goes on block first, it can break and based on the design, if it breaks, you perhaps loose the whole wheel...Nice idea
I am not going to explain you, how to draw pictures with all forces working on a suspension, read a book.
But the more you move the coil over away from the hub, the more load is going on the suspension arm it is mounted to, and you need to increase stiffness of the material or change the design to carry that additional load.
What we see here on the LEFT side is a bend over time because of the weak material you have chosen. I assume ( not saying it was) that the bend on the right side was the same until the car was approaching the mentioned curve on the ring and then got bend more based on the high load. This explains the different amount of bending we see.
Your suspension arm design is bad and the material you have chosen is not up to the job, not even for street use.
You can call me wrong, but pls do it like an engineer, put facts, drawings and calculations on the table, keep your wrong assumptions for yourself.
And pls don't forget to send us a picture of the improved parts you mentioned.
However, if highly encourage you to visit race tracks and look how race cars are being setup. There are several parts of the old ring for example where the spring goes on block on nearly every car, even modern ones.
Having all said all this beside this, you should be ashamed, accusing other forum member here to bend the arms more just to harm you or your business.
@all other Tornado owners and drivers. My intention was to bring this to your attention so you all can deal with the information and improve your cars or not. But reading some comments here, is a bit disappointing. Don't believe someone how claims to have sold xxx amount of cars, is right with all he is saying. Start asking critical questions and don't trust comments from someone hows only interest it is to sell cars and not to pay for a product recall. It is his right to work revenue orientated, for sure, but clearly there is a borderline between revenue and callousness of other peoples health. Andy is not your best friend, he is ( and again this is his right) a business man who sells cars for a living.
There is a bent suspension arm and the manufacture has not respond to this threat with facts, drawings, explanations or solutions in a professional way.
That was what I wanted out of this.
Instead he is threaten forum members with lawyers, or accusing other forum members
Sorry if I do sound a bit upset but it reminds me to an old saying "Eat more shit a million flys can't be wrong"
Cheers
(C)arlos