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gold28 Forums Junkie Location: Madrid - Spain Registered: August 2002	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut Sun, 03 April 2005 00:12 Probably no harder than putting a v8 into a GT4..... My guess is that the chassis rails would not be strong enough on their own to support both uper and lower wishbones. My thinking being that normally they are both mounted on the chassis rails with a small vertical frame inbetween. This will put a big torsional load into the chassis rail and in a macpherson strut type front end, the chassis is only designed for bending, not torsion. Having said that, depending on how your engine sits, you could probably triangulate it and stiffen it up enough quite easily. The engineer may want to see some reinforcing of the inner guard where you make the cut out for the upper wishbone. Take a look at some old kingswoods, valiants and falcons for an idea of how it all goes together, you will notice that the subframe is a fair bit bigger in cross-section than an equivalent sized car with a macpherson strut front end. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	BlackSupra	Thu, 31 March 2005 09:33
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	Rex_Kelway	Thu, 31 March 2005 10:25
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	RWDboy	Thu, 31 March 2005 12:11
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	BlackSupra	Thu, 31 March 2005 12:12
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	THE WITZL	Thu, 31 March 2005 22:11
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	bbaacchhyy	Thu, 31 March 2005 22:26
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	RobertoX	Thu, 31 March 2005 22:25
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	Joshstix	Fri, 01 April 2005 01:10
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	RobertoX	Fri, 01 April 2005 01:48
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	gold28	Fri, 01 April 2005 03:56
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	HyDrA	Sat, 02 April 2005 07:22
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	gold28	Sun, 03 April 2005 00:12
	Re: Double wishbone suspension vs. macpherson strut	oldcorollas	Sun, 03 April 2005 00:44

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