Impressive thing at autosport. - Saxperience

adamskiTNR · 14th January 2011, 18:16

The most impressive thing i saw at autosport (innovation wise) was at the eibach stand. they have developed hollow anti roll bars. they have one on a stand next to an h&r item. the weight saving is dramatic. over 40%

Matt-T · 14th January 2011, 18:49

I also saw these today, and the Saxmax saxo. I have a picture somewhere. Is just one ace car show

stokesy · 14th January 2011, 20:08

was ther today too, and was bloody awesome..
you see the live arena stuff?
some of the engines were insane..

harry289 · 14th January 2011, 20:31

poor fiesta rally x car that smashed in the arena :\

saxmax saxo was for sale

i watched some of the karting later on in the day. some of the crashes looked brutal! haha

stokesy · 14th January 2011, 21:32

the reliant robins haha.. few roled em was hilarious..
thought was gna be f1 car tho

..
and that saxo was for sale? how much?
and yea bet mateys dad was gutted about the fiesat, was funny tho.
and terry grant in the evo was incredible, sounded sooo good

harry289 · 14th January 2011, 21:54

that evo popped like nothing else iv heard. constant flame on tick over after aha. 3 wheelers aha. just rolled them and then pushed themselves back upright. must be a good laugh.

not sure on price matey

stokesy · 14th January 2011, 22:42

the poppong was insane, and yea flaming sooo much, looked immense..
well ther was that red 3 wheeler that couldnt get himself back up, the otehr 1 managed to rock himself back up..
u have a go in the drift caterham or the karting??

Gazer · 14th January 2011, 23:18

spotted you at autosport show come on own up who owns it

lool

harry289 · 14th January 2011, 23:18

nahh i'm tight for money. saving really hard for some track goodies.

watched the karting a lot. some well beastly crashes after the pit straight. made me lol.

did you at all?

harry289 · 14th January 2011, 23:19

theres that saxmax. probably some lucky 14-17 year old owns it atm...

dougieph2 · 14th January 2011, 23:19

would strength be compromised with the ARB being hollow though?

adamskiTNR · 14th January 2011, 23:43

what kind of strength do you want for the arb? and that Ferguson motorsport saxo copied westbourne motorsport's colour scheme. now they look the same. ish

dougieph2 · 14th January 2011, 23:54

enough strength that it wont crack

Bedford126 · 15th January 2011, 00:10

they did a test in the redline mag and the arb is hollow but has a hex internal so is actually stronger in the ways of torsion than the solid metal bar.

adamskiTNR · 15th January 2011, 00:20

hex internal. very clever. i wonder if it is die'd into a long bar, then bent into shape, somehow keeping the hex true

adamskiTNR · 15th January 2011, 00:20

maybe it's a mandrel die. so the die moves and bends the form as it makes it. that would work

Bedford126 · 15th January 2011, 01:01

i have no clue i just saw the one they cut in half and thought you clever fucker's 2 times the surface area inside a tube that's some clever shit.

adamskiTNR · 15th January 2011, 01:03

the thing that impresses me is hollow sprung steel. just never seen it done before. the hexagon shape must be a key when using sprung materials

Bedford126 · 15th January 2011, 01:06

must be something to do with it unless its just easier to keep it lightweight whilst being able to take the torsion forces they face. apparently wrc teams have being using these in a trial basis for around 2 years i did a google search lol.

adamskiTNR · 15th January 2011, 01:09

those crafty wrc teams. shows you where the £500,000 goes into those cars. prototype everything