Can I cut here? (QA1 upper control arm issue)

RustyRatRod said
Well we'll have to agree to disagree. Pretty much why I hesitated to even bring it up. Not everybody does things the same way. When I want to be insulted, I'll start something next time.

RustyRatRod said
And what if it was made that way originally? Would your internal abacus and slide rule still disagree? I've seen stuff like that done on dirt track cars that see way more stress than his part would ever see and never failed. It's simply all in how you look at something. Not everybody does things the same way.

Rob, I try not to start crap around here, I really do. But you’re 100% wrong on this, and I’m not going to let it slide just because you think you have more experience and don’t respect my education and background. It’s a safety issue, and you are wrong.

It’s not about “everybody doing things the same way”. What you suggested would reduce the strength of that UCA. Period. It’s not “all in how you look at something”. It’s Physics. It’s metallurgy and materials science. Bottom line is, it’s engineering. Cross sectional area is a basic principle in structural analysis, and if you don’t understand that you’re not informed enough to have the opinion you’ve got.

If something was “that way originally” then somebody figured out it was strong enough for that application. Different applications and suspension designs can have very different strength requirements.

Guys with a high school education don’t design cars anymore for a reason. Experience alone can only take you so far.