I saw an article in Motor Trend at least 36 yrs ago (perhaps even longer)
about a guy who rigged up a special sway bar combo on a '62 Chevy (or
something like that) that would lean into the corners. "'gonna be the next
hot thing" or so they hyped. It did look rather silly leaning into the
corner. No instrumented tests or anything like that, just some comparison
pics w/ the modified car and unmodifed car going around a corner at roughly
the same speed.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Ciarcia" <veloimpreza@yahoo.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 12:45 PM
Subject: RE: Stupid camber tricks...
> I think I remember someone telling me that Volvo had
> been experimenting with just such a system (where the
> car leans into the corner). It turned out that the
> test drivers were crashing a lot because it threw off
> their senses and gave them a false perception of how
> much grip the car had.
>
> Of course this could all be completely wrong as I have
> no idea where the heck I heard this, and therefor
> don't know if the source is credible or not.
>
> Ho Ho Ho, Joe
>
> --- Mark Smith <msmith@tilia.com> wrote:
> > I want one.... and I aint talking about the hat! A
> > few years ago Citroen released in Europe a car with
> > "Active Suspension" which had the capability, if
> > Citroen has so wished, to lean INTO corners....
> > imagine that setup combined with the active camber
> > and silly hats!
> >
> > Mark.
>
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