Thinking out loud if anyone would like to partake.
So I found some inspiration for a different type of chassis design. Ideally I'd like to throw an LS3 in a tube frame chassis of my own design for street/track fun. I have posted earlier of a strictly load path driven chassis design (image at bottom) but it just seems like it will be too ugly going down the street. I don't really want to bother with making a body.
Then I came across these rock bouncers (google them if you haven't seen how ridiculous the are). Obviously they are designed for offroad, 4wd, solid axles, etc. But I was thinking I could take some of their design cues: shock mount hoops, similarly angled A pillar and B pillar, etc, and include them into a chassis design. Then I could add aluminum panels between many of the rails to create a body-like structure and keep some of the wind out of the car (the middle photo includes some of these type panels). The car would have double A-arm suspension front and rear.
Any thoughts? Immediate concerns would be added weight from some non-ideal load paths, limited sight lines with the shock hoops, and ingress/egress.
Rock bouncers for inspiration:
Boring engineering driven chassis design I did a few years back:
Thanks.