Well a 120" WB with a 48" TW seems to work well.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; "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 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: More Wheelbase
> 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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