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Re: [Fot] inside wheel lift

To: "Steven Preiss" <spreiss@verizon.net>, <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] inside wheel lift
From: "RACER BUD" <budscars@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:00:55 -0800
Hi Steve...It sounds to me like the frame is flexing(what kind of car) ?
Racer Bud
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Preiss" <spreiss@verizon.net>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:52 PM
Subject: [Fot] inside wheel lift


> ...it seems that I'm lifting the rear inside wheel too much when I see 
> photos
> of the car in tight
> corners. There still seems to be too much body roll. I assume that it
> is the springs. I'll be adding additional rate this year to the springs
> in hopes of reducing lift. I plan to go to 600 lbs/in rear and at least...
>
>
> This seems counter-intuitive to me. If the body were fixed to the rear 
> axle
> (unsprung) and encountered the centrifugal force of cornering, the inside
> wheel would have to lift, since the car's center of gravity is above the
> axis of the wheels. However if there was the ability for the body to roll 
> to
> the outside under those cornering forces, wouldn't that alleviate the
> overturning forces being generated, thereby allowing the inside wheel more
> opportunity to stay in contact with the road?
> Steve P.
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