FluidMotorUnion
03-21-2011, 02:18 PM
...I imagine the StanceWorks commentariat will appear solely to make jokes based on the above title.
But, I digress, to the blog post!
The idea behind today’s title comes from our first project of the week. We’re going to be putting an E60 M5 on the dyno for a custom tune very soon, but before that happened, the customer wanted to reduce some of the understeer common in the E60 M5’s stock suspension setup. In order to remedy this situation, he chose to change out both his front and rear sway bars. The rear sway bar is stiffer than the stock counterpart, so understeer should drop by a good amount, its replacement being some fun-loving, tire-smoking oversteer:
http://www.fluidmotorunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/m5_barinstall.jpg
And in fabrication news, the final welds are put in place on the Corvette intake. If any intake in existence looks more like an alien mothership, we’d like to see it. This one won’t be conquering planets any time soon, though, which is good, because it’s really only meant to conquer the stock Corvette intake’s airflow. In the meantime, it’s still quite a formidable sight to see:
http://www.fluidmotorunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/vette_finalwelds3.jpg
http://www.fluidmotorunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/vette_finalwelds1.jpg
If you’re wondering what that little round piece is on the front of the intake, it’s a custom-fabricated long screw, meant to tighten the entire intake system together. And despite the fact that the screw has a seemingly boring job, we found a way to spice it up just a bit by making it look pretty important:
http://www.fluidmotorunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/vette_finalwelds2.jpg
But, I digress, to the blog post!
The idea behind today’s title comes from our first project of the week. We’re going to be putting an E60 M5 on the dyno for a custom tune very soon, but before that happened, the customer wanted to reduce some of the understeer common in the E60 M5’s stock suspension setup. In order to remedy this situation, he chose to change out both his front and rear sway bars. The rear sway bar is stiffer than the stock counterpart, so understeer should drop by a good amount, its replacement being some fun-loving, tire-smoking oversteer:
http://www.fluidmotorunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/m5_barinstall.jpg
And in fabrication news, the final welds are put in place on the Corvette intake. If any intake in existence looks more like an alien mothership, we’d like to see it. This one won’t be conquering planets any time soon, though, which is good, because it’s really only meant to conquer the stock Corvette intake’s airflow. In the meantime, it’s still quite a formidable sight to see:
http://www.fluidmotorunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/vette_finalwelds3.jpg
http://www.fluidmotorunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/vette_finalwelds1.jpg
If you’re wondering what that little round piece is on the front of the intake, it’s a custom-fabricated long screw, meant to tighten the entire intake system together. And despite the fact that the screw has a seemingly boring job, we found a way to spice it up just a bit by making it look pretty important:
http://www.fluidmotorunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/vette_finalwelds2.jpg