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Maybe interesting is the upper control arm being an ‘N’ shape. There are probably many other vehicles and race cars with the same geometry control arm, but I’ve just never noticed before. The pushrod to actuate the rear damper has to snake between the rear axle and upper control arm.
Similar to the front suspension, the rear damper and anti-roll bar linkage are mounted on opposing sides of the bell crank. As with the front anti-roll bar, there are three hole positions to select from to adjust stiffness.
Many heim joints are used throughout the car as can be seen on the various joints in the rear suspension system.
The rear spindle is pretty well carved out for weight reduction too.
The BAC Mono had a high center mounted exhaust before the current F1 cars! It kind of reminds me of the exhaust on my CBR 600RR actually. Anyways, you can see how the bodywork narrows down at the rear like a coke bottle opening up the area for airflow to exit the rear of the car. And yes, those are brake lights and turn signals to be used on the street.
Powering the BAC Mono is a Cosworth built 2.3L, 4-cylinder engine putting out 280hp. The Mono weighs in right under 1200lbs, so it has more power than Project S2000 and less than half the weight! For reference, the new C7 Z06 has about 5.42 lbs/hp where the Mono is about 4.28 lbs/hp. Yes, the Mono will accelerate very hard.
