{"id":85,"date":"2022-06-05T04:50:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T04:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2022-06-05T04:51:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T04:51:53","slug":"suspension-springs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/suspension-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspension Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"85\" class=\"elementor elementor-85\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fe309d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fe309d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c816fb9\" data-id=\"c816fb9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd40022 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd40022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Bugatti design uses multiple springs of varying length clamped together for the font wheels.\u00a0 I am thinking that a multilayer fiberglass composite would work well here.\u00a0 Fiberglass has more flexibility and would be a better choice over carbon fiber.\u00a0 It would have to be a trial and error deal to learn how many plies would be ideal.\u00a0 But I think it would not be too hard to come up with the right combination.\u00a0 The downside to this again is that I could not chrome it like I want.\u00a0 So for now the jury is still out.<\/p><p>The real Bugatti\u2019s used rear spring suspension as well.\u00a0 From what I have read thus far it complicates the design.\u00a0 I did find one clever design that hinged the entire motor\/axle support structure at the back side of the driver\u2019s seat.\u00a0<\/p><p>After Huntsville, I realized I needed more weight, not less weight up front.\u00a0 So I am now going back to a steel spring.<\/p><p>One very innovative solution I saw there was the use of a sawed-up snow ski for springs.\u00a0 The composite wood and metal ski purchased from Goodwill was very affordable and cleverly implemented into his design which used two sets for each wheel.\u00a0 When asked how well it worked he said he would let me know afterward.\u00a0 Regrettably, I did not visit him afterward.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bugatti design uses multiple springs of varying length clamped together for the font wheels.\u00a0 I am thinking that a multilayer fiberglass composite would work well here.\u00a0 Fiberglass has more flexibility and would be a better choice over carbon fiber.\u00a0 It would have to be a trial and error deal to learn how many plies &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/suspension-springs\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suspension Springs<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}