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Old 18 Feb 2006, 22:16 (Ref:1525952)   #12
maddogf3
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Originally Posted by phoenix
If you have transferred weight away from an inside rear wheel onto the outside of the car such that the inside real tyre is unloaded and it loses traction, does it matter whether the weight is transferred by a bar or a spring?
having a stiff spring resists the amount of weight transfer in a race car and actually suprisingly gives more traction to the inside wheel I am not going to do maths that makes my brain hurt . and what works in theory dosn't always work in practice .but stiffen the rear up improves traction on a track particularly when suspension movment is limited (Single seater's again ) THR said that in hill climb cars, its the stiff cars that get FTD's and get off the line fastest. one would assume that you would need a lot of weight tranfer to get grip and load rear tyres .
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