For a number of reasons, I have long resisted the idea of trailering my car to events.  But, that doesn't mean I have been content to run street tires on the track or at an out-of-town autocross.  The solution, of course, is a tire trailer!

For quite some time now I have been wanting to build my own control arms for my car, and I finally did.  I had three main goals here.  Add some adjustability, improve the suspension geometry by lengthening the control arms, and hopefully drop some weight.  Spoiler alert: two out of three isn't too bad!  It all started with a design in SolidWorks (well several designs actually), and extensive stress analysis. 

Those of you who have been following me for a while now have probably noticed that I like data.  I prefer to measure, analysis, and calculate, rather than just guessing at things.  What can I say, it's an engineer thing!

I wanted to build this car from the ground up to be primarily a track car.  Given that, and given how my previous car met it's end, that meant starting with a roll bar.  The big "hope I never need it" mod.  And of course to go with that, good 6-point harnesses and bucket seats.