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Old 09-09-2009, 07:49 PM
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Larry gave us complete freedom of design with the car. We knew handling was the most important part of the car to us because we knew Larry was going to drive his car--not just look at it. We took the digitized body and placed it in space over the 4 wheels. We weren't going to change the wheels or the body so they had to say exactly as they were.

We then put in the engine, transmission, differential, and seats. From there, we were free to design what ever we wanted. We started by designing the suspension. When we had it as perfect as we could get it, we simply made the frame go out and pick up the suspension points where ever they were.

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