Originally Posted by
sambb
In other articles he goes into a lot more depth on the drawbacks of lowering the front of mac strut cars and why stiffer front ends work well at killing understeer (which goes against conventional wisdom)
Do you have a link to an article that explains this one? I can't fathom it unless it's to do with camber control when using EXTREMELY grippy (ie very wide, full slick, soft compound) tyres.
Edit: OK, I had a look at the 2nd article which mentions using total weight transfer off the inside rear (full 3 wheeling) where the stiffer front won't have the normal effect of unloading the inside front so you retain more camber control without losing the grip on the inside (plus the note he has about this having the greatest benefit on a dropped Mac strut car where the front camber curves are compromised). I seriously feel this would make our cars unstable in a throttle liftoff situation, however, which is damned scary at high speed.
Last edited by kaanage; 10-03-2015 at 11:16 AM.
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