Re: Roll stiffness and cornering

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Jeffrey  Goggin said:

>
>>But then the CG gets closer to the road. If so, wouldn't it
>>be possible that the net height of the roll center relative to the road 
>remains
>>roughly constant when you switch to the shorter tires?
>
>It depends upon how you define "roughly" ... what's miniscule to one person
>is highly significant to another.
>Rather than speculate, I'll demur until after I've measured the car in a few
>weeks and plotted the suspension system on the computer ... should be an
>interesting exercise!  :^)


But on a rubber bushed, street tire car that miniscule difference is 
unusable.......

Bottom line it's still a street car and treating it like a heim jointed 
race car is foolish.


Later!


Eric Fletcher S.O.C.
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
St. Louis, MO

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