I had a skid pad at Cal Sales in Gardena. It was actually a lot for parking
about 500 cars but the shipments were late so it then became ala SKIDPAD. This
is where I first tested and set the final for the camber compensater on the
Spitfire and also the Detroit locker for the same car. Priceless how much you
can learn in just a half hour.
---- Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com> wrote:
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Actually, the use of skid pads goes even further back. I recently read
the biograph of Zora Arkus-Duntov (of GM/Corvette fame). He talked about
the origins of the skd pad. Unfortunately, I can't remember the
details. I believe he learned about it when he was in Germany (1930's
or 40's). He networked a lot with Porsche and drove one to a class win
at LeMans. He claimed he put the Porsche engineers onto using it in the
early 1950's. The book is a good read even though I'm not a Corvette guy.
The problem I've always had with skid pads is where can you find to do it?
- Larry
Bill Babcock wrote:
> Nothing new in any of this, and I certainly didn't invent it. Penske, Donahue,
> McLaren, and I'm sure Kastner knew all about it 40 years ago.
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