Simplest thing to do Dick may be to cut a Camaro, Nova, Malibu or Mustang II
front end off a donor car and graft to the Stude frame.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
To: "'Dick J'" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; "'Richard Fox'" <v4gr@rcn.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:15 PM
Subject: RE: Bump Steer
> Dick;
>
> If you have much bump steer in the front (or rear) suspension, you'll be
> driving an evil-handling car. No doubt about that! Especially avoid toe-in
> at the front on bump and toe-out at the rear on bump. Droop is less
> important.
>
> True, if there were a perfectly straight and level run without any wind, a
> car should run straight even if the suspension is totally hosed--
providing
> all four wheels are pointing in the same direction-- but this is only a
> theoretical case. Cars never run perfectly straight and level; a driver is
> constantly making small steering corrections to keep the car going
> "straight" and if those steering corrections make the car want to swap
ends
> (unstable), it will be a white-knuckle ride.
>
> Make the car as good- handling as possible by suspension geometry, CG,
etc.,
> then work on aerodynamics. That's my philosophy, anyway--- others may have
a
> different opinion.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick J [mailto:lsr_man@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 10:09 AM
> To: Richard Fox; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Bump Steer
>
>
> I'm building my '53 Studebaker with a target for 200 MPH. How important
is
> bump steer in LSR? It seems that if the car is being used on a
straightaway
> only, and it's a pretty smooth surface, bump steer shouldn't be a big
> factor. I was toying with the idea of a one piece tie rod with
independent
> front suspension.
>
> Dick J in East Texas
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