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Very cool, Jim.

I know you are set on welding pickup points onto the lower arms. Just to let you know, in the last few thousand miles, I have experienced ZERO fatigue or bending of my coupler nuts/shock studs/10mm bolts to attach the 10mm heim joint downlinks.

I have been doing a lot of research on Formula Vees lately. If you've checked them out, I'm sure you've seen the front shocks moved to line up behind the beam uprights. They use a special cast piece up top, but on the bottom they use a stud/nut extender to move the shock over a good 1.5 inches.

I'll submit that I have zero scientific evidence that this is OK. But almost all Vees have the shocks hidden in this manner. And there have been countless Vees run for a lot of years at 120 plus mph on countless tracks all over the world. This leads me to believe that my method of downlink is just fine.

Anyway, in the end, you do you. Just trying to make your construction easier.

Last edited by DannyP
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