[Land-speed] Car Spins

[Rich Fox]

Bob Herda, The Markleys, I think Kenze and Leslie all used swing axle rear
ends for pretty much the same reason. Al Holoway built what is now my roadster
with the same rear end and spun it,but that was caused by the transmission
locking up. The Stay in School roadster sapun pretty much all the time until
last year when he took out the suspension and almost all the caster. This
after listening to Jack Costella and seeing the model he made to deminstrate
how excess caster affects the rear wheel loading when steering. My Vega has 2
degrees caster and everyone who has driven it comented on how it's a one hand,
on rails car. Up to 208. No idea what comes aftewr that

--- On Thu, 6/11/09, John Burk <joyseydevil at comcast.net> wrote:


From: John Burk <joyseydevil at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Car Spins
To: "LandSpeed List" <Land-speed at autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:59 PM


Has anybody used De Dion rear suspension to keep driveshaft torque from
unevenly loading the rear tires .



> Been tinking more about spins on the salt. Are there reasons, theory,
guesses, why a particular car would spin one way and consistently spin that
direction?   Just curious as it is not my intention to do this on a regular
basis, lol...
>
> Any thoughts that can tie the wheel base, track, weight, what the driver had
for breakfast, etc is appreciated.
>
> mayf
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