ECLIPSE Project Begins: Measuring Center Of Gravity & Starting Disassembly (Patreon)

I’ve been working on the Eclipse since Wednesday! I wanted to jump right in and start tearing it apart and cutting it up BUT, there were some important measurements to take while the car was “stock” for us to use later in the project. Center of gravity, spring length at ride height, camber, toe, caster, and more (coming soon!)

As I mentioned in the last video, a mechanical engineer at FERRARI, yes FERRARI, is helping me setup this suspension geometry properly. In order to do that, we need a whole bunch of measurements to run suspension simulations in order to determine what we need to modify.

Anyway, after making those first measurements, I was good to remove the engine & trans and weigh the car again. 2700lbs with the engine, 2200lbs without! That’s pretty light and only 500lbs for the engine and trans!

Hope you guys are excited for this project and some technical videos!