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Re: Tail Happy

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Subject: Re: Tail Happy
From: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:25:07 -0400
All that I can say is that with a rear sway bar, it will still spin, but it
will spin flatter.
(I put one on mine, and it's big fun... just not THAT much BETTER, if you
get what I mean.)

:-)

Luke
'71 MkIV - "Fireball"



----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Smith" <CraigS@iewc.com>
To: "'Spit list'" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 3:20 PM
Subject: Tail Happy


>
> At lunch today I took a new salesperson out for a ride in my 71.
> She had never ridden in an English Sports Car, She was amazed.
> Anyway I was showing off a bit and went through the parking lot and as I
was
> going around the side of the building I found the limit for lateral G's.
> I have had the tail swung out a few times, but this was the first time it
> went all the way on me.
> It scared me for a brief second wondering if I was going to bang into the
> curbing but it went all the way to 180.
> It was dry and the curve had a little negative camber to it. The car has
NO
> PUSH !
> Kind of liked it after all was done.
>
> Any ideas to how to balance out the looseness ?
>
>
>
> Craig Smith
> 36 Pelham Ridge Drive
> Greenville, SC 29615
> 800/692-2323 ext. 2105
> 864/234-1020 fax
> e-mail: craigs@iewc.com
>


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