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Starting chassis design for my scratch built. Wondered if anyone had some good detail shots of their chassis. I have several chassis books but trying to get info on various mid-engine chassis as well.
I am mostly interested in seeing the wishbone setup on the rear. I can't decide if I should go the wishbone route or strut and trailing arms. In looking at the Contour (Mondeo) it looks possible that I can move the entire suspension to the rear and replace the steering with trailing arms.
Read an article recently about someone transplanting the front of a FWD to the rear as you describe. He set the steering arms up with ball joints and some sort of turnbuckle so he could alter the rear toe in/out depending on weather he was using the car for the road or racing.