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Re: Formula Ford

To: vintage-race@Autox.Team.Net, ONG John <tec96205@mech.port.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Formula Ford
From: Jim Hayes <hayes@mediaone.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:54:37 -0500
Can anybody help John on this FF project or lead him to other resources?
I'm totally ignorant of FFs!

ONG John wrote:
> 
> Dear Jim Hayes,
> 
> I'm a final year student in University of Portsmouth. Currently, I'm
> doing a research on Finite Element Analysis on a Formula Ford's
> chassis frame.  I'm lack of some data of a Formula Ford racing car as
> stated at below, hope that you could help me to obtain these data.
> There are :-
> 
> 1) Sprung weight of a Formula Ford racing car.
> 2) Sprung mass centre of gravity height.
> 3) Front and rear unsprung weight.
> 4) Height of centre of front unpsrung weight.
> 5) Height of centre of rear unpsrung weight.
> 6) Track or tread width.
> 7) Front track.
> 8) Rear track.
> 9) Wheel base.
> 10) Location of CG.
> 11) Loaded radius of front and rear wheels.
> 12) Roll sensitivity.
> 13) Chassis roll angle.
> 14) Total front roll rates (roll stiFfness).
> 15) Total rear roll rates (roll stiffness).
> 16) Front and rear roll centre height.
> 17) Rear axle roll angle.
> 18) Front and rear stabilizer bar rates.
> 19) Front and rear spring rate.
> 20) The tire vertical spring rate.
> 21) Reference frontal area.
> 22) Front lift coefficient.
> 23) Rear lift coefficient.
> 24) Roll moment coefficient.
> 25) Lateral acceleration.
> 26) Maximum turn radius for a racing track.
> 27) Maximum bank angle (on a banked road) for a racing track.
> 28) Maximum grade angle for a racing track.
> 29) Maximum radius of a hill crest for a racing track.
> 
> I'm looking forward to hear from you,
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John

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