[Land-speed] Car Spins

[Doug Odom]

You must also remember that those front end settings were for crowned roads 
and not the flat freeway type we have now. The good frontend men  used to 
put a little caster stagger to the left into the car so it would go straight 
easier down those crowned highways. Even today a little stagger is used 
because most freeways are sloped to the right for water run off.

Big Dtich Doug

 > Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Car Spins
>
> And they kept that negative or zero caster even when they went to power
> steering---very little directional stability. Even the bicycle mfgs knew
> better.
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> B
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> Lance
> B
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> Back in the '40's and early '50's Luxury Cars used a small amount of
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> negative
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> B caster (2-4B0), to decrease steering effort. It couldn't have a bad
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> effect on handling
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> because they drove like a fork lift with flat tires anyway. But they had
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> a good
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> "Boulevard Ride" on their two ply 8:50 - 14's.
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> B
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> Bryan
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