Time for the 10s.

Originally Posted by wstar I really don't think so. I think as the front left girl bends her knees, a percentage of the total weight of the object (which was

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Time for the 10s.

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08-11-2014, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by wstar

I really don't think so. I think as the front left girl bends her knees, a percentage of the total weight of the object (which was previously evenly split 4 ways) shifts from all of the other 3 (in varying amounts) to her. The lowest side/corner carries more static weight.

If you lower the front left coil of your car, that "missing" 20 lbs of force, is going to get distributed to the other 3 points. Of course, this will end at some point(when your suspension geometry fails/springs give up). And then yes, what you are saying will be correct.

I hate to subject you to this level of nerd but this video is pretty solid: corner balance a car - Bing Videos

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