Whenever people talk scrub radius, this comes up because it sounds like you're increasing "scrub" on the tire. Changing the scrub radius, aside from running zero scrub radius, has no impact on the way the tire acts. The tire will generate more forces through the linkages, but especially in...
Baja SAE is pretty much different than any other type of racing. It's different from typical off-road racing because the vehicles are very underpowered and typically can not break the rear tires in a corner from torque alone. The lack in power also makes these cars dive significantly over jumps...
Wouldn't the zero droop condition cause load to transfer faster to the outside wheel? The inside wheel's tendency to lift off the ground will quickly transfer weight in a corner, assuming typical suspension geometry. I've always been confused about the uses of adjustable preload and zero-droop...
Thanks for the input. These are all great options, all of which seem to be simpiler than my idea (probably why I haven't seen it yet).
Shenanigans, on the Porsches, is the "coil locker" an automatic adjustment that can be made from the driver's seat or is it something that someone would have to...
Has anyone ever heard of a coilover with dual spring rates? The purpose I have in mind is that you would be able to drive around town with a nice soft ride, but when you take the car autocrossing or whatnot, you can quickly adjust the coilover so that your wheel rate is increased. You could put...
Our SAE Baja (University of South Florida) uses a swing arm rear suspension. This system always gets ragged on by the judges for using a primative design that has many disadvantages from an independent rear. However, our team consistently finishes first in agility, endurance, and even...
