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Re: Oversteer/Understeer

To: "Gordon Glasgow" <glasgow@serv.net>,
Subject: Re: Oversteer/Understeer
From: "Rob Robinson" <FastrTime@t-three.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 00:02:45 -0500
I especially like Carroll Smith's book, as well as his other books on
fasteners and plumbing. "Must Reads" for the fabricator/racer. Puhn is also
quite good, but he just doesn't have Smith's dry wit.

Rob Robinson
CSP 67 2000
Roanoke, VA


> Best definition I've heard is:
> Oversteer is that which scares hell out of the passenger.
> Understeer is that which scares hell out of the driver.
>
> Here are several books. They all say basically the same thing in
> slightly different ways.
> "How To Make Your Car Handle" by Fred Puhn
> "Chassis Engineering" by Herb Adams
> "Performance Handling" by Don Alexander
> "Prepare To Win" by Carroll Smith
> "Race Car Engineering & Mechanics" by Paul Van Valkenburgh
> --
> Gordon Glasgow
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
>
>
>


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