I've been working on this project for a number of years, I get it wrong, leave the project and then come back to it. I've made about four of these beams so far, three of them scrapped for various reasons! I think I'm about there now. This one is fitted to a Mini, but the Midas Mk1 & 2 is just a shortened version of this beam. I also have a beam for the Mk 3 & 4 Midas, if you want coil overs. This beam will materialise, when I've finished the Mk 1 & 2 beam. Remember when looking at the photos this is just a prototype and is being refined all of the time, it's also in bare metal and will be much more attractive in paint. The idea was my original concept, then I got Aitchi involved and he did the CAD drawings and got the laser cutting done. We refined my original concept together. I did all of the construction work, there is an enormous amount of work, as it all starts out as laser cut flat plate and straight lengths of CDS tube. I've had to make and acquire machines to fold plate and bend tube.
I've made the beam so it has adjustment for camber and toe, something which has never happened on a Midas before. I can also accommodate two types of radius arm, the standard Mini radius arm or alternatively a metro radius arm. The advantage of the Metro arm is that it would increase the track on the rear of a Mk1 or 2 Midas, it is also mechanically better as it has two needle bearings. You would need wheel arch extensions, but that's for another day. I must add it feels incredibly strong and is also light.
Alan