[Tigers] [Alpines] Drop Spindles

[Ron Fraser]

Marc
	Lowering a vehicle generally increases the stability of the vehicle
by lowering it's center of gravity.

	Remember the SUV roll over issue.   If you load an SUV inside and on
the roof like many do; the center of gravity moves up and in some cases up
near shoulder height sitting in the vehicle.   If ,in a tight turn, the lean
of the vehicle puts that center of gravity outside the wheel base; the
vehicle will roll over.  Very unstable.

	I suspect the center of gravity on Tigers and Alpines is somewhere
around your hip sitting in the car.  This is a very stable condition for
leaning through corners.   As you increase the speed of the vehicle,
stability becomes even more important.

Does that help?

Ron Fraser

-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Marc James Small
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 12:14 PM
To: Jan Eyerman; Alpine List; Brent Edinger; tigers
Subject: Re: [Tigers] [Alpines] Drop Spindles


At 11:01 AM 12/18/2009, Jan Eyerman wrote:
 >Marc,
 >
 >The best way to think about this, if you are not a "gearhead", is to just
>think of the front wheels in relation to the body of the car.  A "drop
>spindle" effectively lowers the body of the car in relation to the front
>wheels.  A spindle is the short axle that the front wheel is connected to.
If  >the spindle or axle is closer to the top of the car, the car will be
lower to  >ground.  A "drop spindle" is a shortened form meaning a "spindle
that drops
 >(lowers) the body of the car in relation to the ground". In this kind of
>situation fractions of an inch are a lot.  A "dropped spindle" that lowers
a  >car 3/4" is a lot.  From a language point of view, the term "dropped
spindle"  >is incorrect.  If the spindle is dropped the car would actually
sit higher off  >the ground, however the term is really a contraction.  In
short, it is  >jargon.  >

Thanks, Jan.  I still do not see the benefit of
such, but, then, I never had any problem with Alpine handling.

Marc


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