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RE: rear suspention

To: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: rear suspention
From: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:35:16 -0500
Nobody has mentioned it lately-- but you can completely eliminate this
torque-steer problem with chain (or belt) drive.
You still have to make the chassis stiff enough to keep your sprockets
aligned, however.
Russ, #1226B

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Albaugh, Neil
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 7:20 PM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: rear suspention


> So why not use a Corvette IRS ?

Lance;

It would work just fine... but without a torque tube, it still flexes the
chassis under engine torque. If the chassis is stiff enough, no problem, but
with long, skinny LSR cars, it isn't easy to make a chassis torsionally
stiff.

Regards, Neil     Tucson, AZ





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