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build diary December 9, 2005: For those who want a few more pictures from the races, there are some on the Flyin' Miata site. The exhaust system is not going to be finished before the end of the year. I haven't sent the huge muffler back to Summit Racing yet and I have only about 12 days before I leave for the holidays. I will attempt to finish the hood though. I'm also learning SolidWorks (an extremely cool 3D prototyping program) to play with suspension bits. Also on the suspension - this photo was referenced on the LocostUSA builder's forum. Those rockers are apparently stock motorcycle parts. I hadn't considered that approach - motorcycles tend to show up in junkyards with regularity so if I can identify a good part, I should be able to buy it fairly cheap. The design of the rocker is the difficult part of the inboard suspension, I'll let the highly-paid motorcycle engineers sort that out for me! entry 1085 of 1439 |