Today I started tying the rollcage into the rear suspension. The rear down tubes and crossbrace are in place with a couple of 45 degree supports. The top of the rear coilovers are now mounted to the rear crossbar tube, and the bottom of them to a bracket welded onto the lower control arm. 

I finally have the all prep work done on the rear crossmember and control arms. The new control arm mounting brackets are set-up for camber and toe adjustability, and the exhaust pipe cross-through hole has been enlarged. The chassis mounts for the crossmember and moustache bar are now solid, and the CV-joint swap using BMW 2002 [...]

We’ve been working on the Wagon rear control arms. They have been lightened, strengthened, bushings replaced with bearings, and set up for coilovers.

My fabricator, Paul Moore, just out does himself sometimes. I wish I could take credit for this clean install, but I know when to leave the tricky parts to the pros. So I may have prepped the patient, but Paul did the surgery. Still lots of work to go from here: prep the rear crossmember and control [...]

All we need is big, stiff springs and big, thick rollbars to go racing, right? Only if our tracks were as flat as a pool table. Every bump or irregularity in the track upsets our cornering race car to some degree, so we need to have suspension compliancy as well as stiffness. And there is [...]