Hi All,
I've just realised (thanks for the prompt!) that I never did get around to putting up the pix of the front suspension.
They're tubular arms, WAY lighter than standard, and use a balljoint at the central joining point of the arms - for additional castor/toe adjustment. The "body" ends of the arms still use poly bushes because you need some compliance in a road rally car - too rigid and things start to break.
The anti-roll bar (if we end up needing one) will fit easily across the chassis rails (no engine, remember...) and pick up right at the hub end of the arms - meaning that the arms don't need to be hugely heavy to deal with bending stresses like the standard ones which hold the factory anti-roll bar.
The arms are also about 30mm longer than the standard ones, which provide the increased track required by the MUCH wider rear track.
The tops of the struts are held by balljoints in an adjustable plate, set as far back and outboard as possible to give more castor and less -ve camber (remember the arms are longer at the bottom which will naturally give more -ve camber)
In about 6 weeks, the car will come from where it's been resting for the last year (actually about 80 m from my garage, in someone else's garage) and work on it will begin again.
We've committed to get it ready for the Targa NZ next year, which means that it really needs to be up and running about this time next year to give us tiem to set it up. The biggest effort needed between now and then will be on the bodywork, because we need to make new F+R guards, boxed like a Delta Integrale or Audi Quattro - or Alfa's own Sprint 6c.
Chris