> Even so, any asymmetry in the system would mean asymmetric behavior.
> And if one side gets better when it doesn't meet the original specs,
> the other side should get worse. All this would become worse as you
> cranked in more lock, but fortunately we tend to do our high G's at
> high speed with a large turning radius
Speak for yourself. You are not speaking for autocross freaks. :-)
> but then, one
> doesn't usually try to pull high G's around a 24ft skidpad. :-)
> Unless perhaps you own a tire factory.
Or unless your autocross eventmaster is a real sadist.
> Yow, I don't recall ever hearing the term anti-Ackerman. Would it
> mean that the outer wheel turns in more, that toe-in increases as
> your turn the steering wheel???
Colin Chapman did this on some of his race cars, I think. It has to do with
that slip-angle thing, but I am not that up on it.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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