Great job Mayf. Real data. Actual measurements. Amazing. No hope,
wish or maybe, just fact!!
These 3 notes will live on in my permanent _Bonneville Secrets_ file.
Thanks for spending a lot of time educating me.
Bryan
drmayf wrote:
> part 3
>
> Total car weight with lard simulator = 3060 pounds
> Weight bias is 43% front 57% rear. To counter that I have added a big
> spoiler...
>
> The last item was how much the caster weight transferred.. While I
> could not measure the front wheels in the as turned condition, I did
> measure the rear corners when the fronts were turned from one lock to
> the other.
>
> Full left turn RR = 900 # for an increase of 30 #
> Full right turn LR = 900 # for an increase of 40 #
>
> Does that castigate caster? Should we ban caster forever? Nah, YMMV, lol.
>
> I did learn that short stiff cars are the very dickens to mess with.
> I learned tha tI know next to nothing about setting up a race car for
> the salt. It can be a frustrating experience. I hope like hell that I
> am done with it, lol....
>
> I do wan tto say that it rolls realy really easy. A one hand push in
> the shop. And that not much force applied at all.
>
> Comments? Questions?
>
> mayf
>
> end of story...
>
> no part 4
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