Merlin's 4G Time Attack Lude

[Merlin]

If I had enough time I probably would have done the same.

[W1ggz]

Food for thought when I start my strip down next month nice one guys

[Drax]

hhmmm very interesting thought will bare these in mind for the future

[Merlin]

I reckon a local fabricator would be able to brace the rear upper arms for you relatively cheaply. I paid £45 delivered for these arms so the cost would probably be about the same.

[106pete]

I plated my rear arms aswell, the 5th gen ones seem to have a much thicker plate in a smaller area.

[Merlin]

That must be where Honda decided the most stress would be and most likely to bend.

[NafemanNathan]

Or that's all the metal they had kicking about

Seems to be a strange clearance on the brace plate near the ball joint...



... Surely that's not to clear the knuckle???

[Merlin]

... Surely that's not to clear the knuckle???

I doubt it is that shape just to clear the knuckle. I bet it is for something minor like letting water and muck sluice through it.

[Doggo]

Can't you just find a nice wall to run into?

[wurlycorner]

No disrespect to the plate welding onto the bottom mod, but you would probably achieve better increase in stiffness (whilst also less weight, if that bothered you) by putting a few gusset/fillet plates across the existing C shape cross-sections on each arm, than by welding the plate onto the bottom and turning it into a (sort of) box section.

Both solutions will increase the stiffness of the originals though...