Re: 88,89 imsa cars

[STEADIRIC@aol.com]

>> 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?
If the cage is designed correctly you lose none, then it's called a tube
frame.

>[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.
Hurley, Walter and Hans are some of the Smartest Racer I have Ever met, 
and if they had to say I don't know they would.


Later!

Eric Fletcher
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B

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