I want a chaulk board!!!....
I've got Tuning to win and your right it's a great book.... I've also read
some of Morgan's books on chassis set up....
Dave recommended the following from Carroll Smith and I had a bit of trouble
finding them but ended up getting all four from Amazon.com
Prepare to win
Engineering to win
Tune to win
Nuts bolts and fasteners
Some of what Dave is saying about engineering up front makes sense... but
ultimately you still have to build within the confines of the given package
....
I can see building a lakester with everything focused around a central
waterline of the car... and I can picture developing that waterline at the
center of the crankshaft.. what I'd like to see on a chaulk board is how
all of the suspension components would act on that central point
longitudinally in the car.... and how the front suspension which is lower
would be engineered to focus it's energy at a higher altitude to be in the
same plane as the rear suspension....
Keith ( I'm a very visual person.... draw me a picture and I can understand
about anything )
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Goodman" <ggl205@yahoo.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 4:33 PM
Subject: suspension
> John B. and thread:
>
> I made a fatal error in my explanation of moment arms,
> roll axis, roll center and CG (what I get for not
> proof reading first). The moment arm in question is
> the difference between CG and roll center, not roll
> axis. The roll axis is simply a straight line
> connecting front and rear roll centers. This straight
> line is what is used to measure up to wherever your CG
> happens to be. Everything else remains the same. Too
> long a moment arm and the race car is encouraged to
> roll through quick lateral load transfer. Stiffer
> springs and anti-sway bars can help but only to a
> point. One could use roll axis to establish moments
> front and rear but that would have to be measured
> against a difficult to determine, mass centroid axis.
> If you could determine your mass centroid axis, having
> the roll axis parallel to it would be ideal.
>
> John Goodman
>
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