Re: 88,89 imsa cars

[Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>]

On Sat, 16 Dec 1995 AUDIDUDI@delphi.com wrote:

> BTW, if you design the rollcage
> properly, it becomes a de facto tube frame ... my 4k is having its cage put
> in as we speak and, in theory, I could still drive the car even if the Audi
> bodyshell was completely cut away!  It might look kind of funny but it sure
> would be quick...

how much structural stiffness would you lose if you got rid of the body
shell?

[about torque splits]
  
> When I visited Group 44's shop in Winchester, VA (I was in town to attend a
> friend's wedding and had time to kill), I was told this was varied event by
> event ... of course, racers being racers, they might have been lying to me!

was it hans the man who told you, or hurley or walter?  one theory is
that it could have varied in the beginning by a tiny percentage while
they were fine tuning it...

the other theory is that whoever it was who spoke to you just had no
clue and was BS'ing their way out of saying "i don't know".  it is
actually quite well known that many racing drivers, including the
great ones are not the most articulate or the most informed about the
engineering that goes into their cars.  that's why drivers like prost
and jacques villeneuve are well appreciated by their teams.


eliot