kas kastner wrote:
>There is a huge difference between a production car that is being raced and
>a RACE CAR. Race cars have plenty of tire, plenty of power, and all
>suspension points are usually adjustaable.
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>In a RACE CAR you work on the offending end of the car. If it understeers
>you work on the front if it oversteers you work on the back.
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>In production car being raced, it is almost the exact opposite. You are
>always just trying to balance the car for a better cornering ability. You
>are diminnishing the bite on one end so that the overal grip on EACH end is
>suitable for faster cornering.
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>I make this point because the writers of the books is the main, DO NOT HAVE
>prodution cars being raced in their minds when they make these suggestions
>on how to make a car handle.
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Very well put. Production car racing has always been a compromise.
Greg Lund
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