[Fot] TR6 springs and "umph"

Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley triosan at gmail.com
Tue Mar 23 10:19:16 MDT 2010


Gotta think Kas has been into heavy [and hot] metal all his life-- and
loves the "music" it produces!  As a matter of fact, the current
problem with my car is that it is not producing pleasing music!

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:13 AM, MadMarx <tr4racing at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Oomph? It is a German Gothic Metal band.
> Didn't know that Kas is metal fan ;-)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/user/OOMPHBand
>
>
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> Auftrag von Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. Mdrz 2010 17:04
> An: Kastner; Friends
> Betreff: [Fot] TR6 springs and "umph"
>
> Hi Kas, need a translation of "umph".  I am assuming you mean a spring
> stiffer than 600 pounds [as Tom Kreiger indicted]?
>
> What Tom told me was that the rear end squats as power is applied in a
> corner.  This causes the front to raise slightly producing under
> steer.  By making the rear very stiff there is no squat and then the
> car will over steer giving you the ability to steer with the throttle
> coming out of corners =much faster.
>
> Correct?
>
> Chuck
>
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