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Originally Posted by Robyn Slater
Very interesting thread.
But, how does swapping the origional spring for a pseudo spring in the same mounts allow you to use wider tyres??
Al, its called development,if people didn't do it we,d all still be getting about on horse and cart.  |
Robyn, the leaf spring wasn't the problem, it was the outboard turrets Ford and others preferred because it placed the dampers as far apart as possible. Max wheel you can fit in that setup is 10". OK for rallying but for racing moving turrets inboard or using torsion bars allowed wider than that.
Al, leaf springs are heavy and don't allow simple rate changes. Rules said additional springs allowed as long as original
type retained also. So make lightweight version of leafspring that doesn't affect rate and fit coils or torsion bars as well. Don't think Ford were doing anything others didn't do also........
Johan, sorry we havn't answered your questions as to what Zak used in 1974. Gungebucket may know more but there always seems to be great difficulty in finding info about the team and their cars. You need someone who was working for Mr Zakowski at the time. Good luck.
(Yes the pic is of the Finnish car.)