Yes we did Dick. I have mentioned the aspect ratio many times (wheel base
divided by track or tread). So there (tongue sticking out). I just don't
know what makes a good aspect ratio...
mayf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: "john backus" <34ford@msn.com>; "landspeedracer"
<landspeedracer@msn.com>; "pork.pie" <pork.pie@t-online.de>; "land-speed"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 3:12 PM
Subject: More Wheelbase
> Aren't we missing the significance of tread width
> when we talk wheelbase. Geometrically, if a
> given car has a 50" tread width and a 120"
> wheelbase, narrowing the tread width 5" should
> have the same effect on handling as increasing
> the wheelbase 12". I'm sure there are many other
> "hidden" factors that need to be considered when
> applying that to a racecar, but we have harped on
> wheelbase so much for two years now, and nobody
> has really said anything about the effects of
> tread width. And what about those guys running
> 40" or 50" in back and real narrow front axles
> (or even the opposite, wide front axles and
> narrow rear)????
>
> How about some practical input regarding this
> part of the formula too. I've got two fifty inch
> wide axles, (front and rear) and a bunch of
> steel. I was originally going to go for 92",
> then decided on 112", now I'm thinking 120".
> If I get any longer than that, I'm going to have
> to get a onger trailer.
>
> I'm going to be out of circulation for a couple
> of days, but I sure hope I see some more on this
> when I get home.
>
> Dick J
> In East Texas
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