Keith;
You are definitely on the right track! Chassis data points are useful to
determine if any deformation may have occurred in a crash--- and those
points are valuable reference points for setting up the suspension.
The first data points I'd determine are the chassis centerline and go on
from there.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Keith Turk
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 4:29 AM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Chassis Data points
I was out there starting the calibration process to determine what I
learned
at Maxton and realized that this car doesn't have an establishted set of
chassis data points...
By my definition that means a place I can go and take a measurement and
get an
expected number...
I have that with the Camaro.. I know the wheel base is 108" exactly
because I
set it off of the lower ball joint grease fitting and a string on the
back of
the axle... ( there is some other math in there but for the point of
this it's
not important)
If I take the rear out of the car or adjust the 4 link or watts link...
I can
always go back to that measurement and see if anything has changed.
There are many more examples like that... So I guess my point here is
... as
we're building cars it seems reasonable to me to establish in advance
those
points where we are going to take measurements... and if the car ever
has any
issues we will always know where to go back to...
What do you think?
Keith
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