Originally Posted by
smojoe
do you run a shim underneath the front standoff to compensate for the smaller flex plates or do you find that it doesn't effect the "wings" and rear pivot points?
There is no need to shim anything to compensate for flex plate changes. The diffrence between the thickest and thinnest flex plate is ~.015". That's not a lot dimensionally as far as the chassis structure is concered.
There is an intentional mis-match in the height of the front flex plate moutning posts and the rear pivot ball height. The first prototype had the flex plate level and it was too soft in spring rate off center. The 2nd prototype had the front flex plate mounts lower than the pivot balls in order to preload the flex plates. This made the pod center better and made the car have more steering.
This is one of the areas where Jason instincts were dead on. The guy just has a gift for knowing what right and wrong mechanically in just about everything.