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Re: Event photos

To: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Event photos
From: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 19:02:34 -0700
hmm,  well i have a four link rear, no panhard (or rather, had.  i put it in
the backyard yesterday).  the rear roll center has got to be way higher than
the front with this setup.  there is considerably more anti-squat than the
mustang, perhaps needed in the short wheelbase?

> I dunno how adjustable your car is suspension geometry-wise,

well, i pulled out the live axle and am installing an independent rear for
the next event.  so pretty much anything is possible geometry-wise.  its
just a matter of WHAT.

i will need the sway bars, as there is hella roll without them due to the
lowered roll center in the rear. (i think i will end up being about 4", and
4.5" in the front)

-james
OSP #74




----- Original Message -----
From: Mark J. Andy <marka@telerama.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: Event photos


> Howdy,
>
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, James Creasy wrote:
> > holy cow, i thought i fixed that problem where the front wheel comes off
the
> > ground.  i used to be able to get a good 3 inches under there.
> >
> > its usually because there is too much front bar, but i dont even have
any
> > front bar.  yet.
>
> FWIW, on our CP mustang, we were pulling the inside front off the ground
> because we had our rear roll center set too low in comparison to the front
> roll center.  We raised the rear panhard an inch and *poof* the problem
> went away.
>
> I dunno how adjustable your car is suspension geometry-wise, but it might
> be something to look at.  I'm pretty convinced that roll bars should be
> limited to fine tuning on cars with adjustable suspension geometry.  Of
> course, I'm still on the steep part of the learning curve...
>
> Mark

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