Fw: [FC] Re: WC: Autocrossing FCs....

[Merv Krull]

yeah, dumb idea... but it is on  the way to a Greenbrier dually!!!!!

Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Merv Krull" <krupross at sunwave.net>
To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Re: WC: Autocrossing FCs....


> Still rolling... how about bolt both rear wheels to one side.... ???? 
> <bfceg>
> Merv
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Merv Krull" <krupross at sunwave.net>
> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>; <corvairs at cybrus.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:59 PM
> Subject: [FC] Re: WC: Autocrossing FCs....
>
>
>> OK... weight in the back end is a dumb idea.... shoulda said something 
>> more like a 1 inch slab of iron cut to fit the lower floor section of the 
>> FC weighing around 1200 lbs. Still, that would 17 inches or so off the 
>> ground adding to instead of lowering the cog.....
>> how about filling the rear tires with tractor tire solution....?
>> maybe even coating them with root beer to make em really sticky???
>> "dare to be different"
>> toodles
>> Merv
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Les" <corvair at mts.net>
>> To: <corvairs at cybrus.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: WC: Autocrossing FCs....
>>
>>
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>>> Unless you could add weight *below* the rear roll centre it would 
>>> increase not reduce body roll.
>>>
>>> Then you would be also increase oversteer due to rear weight bias.
>>>
>>> You'd be futher ahead reducing weight anywhere up high and at back. 
>>> Making your Greenbrier look like a Rampside would be a great start!
>>>
>>> Les
>>>
>>> Bording Ostergaard wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Vehicle dynamics are not often _best_ improved by adding weight, 
>>>> particularly autocross.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 11:19 PM 8/20/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just had a thought after seeing how FCs handled the autocross at 
>>>>> Portland...
>>>>>  Would it help if additional weight was placed in the back (securely) 
>>>>> to reduce the chances of the inner rear wheel taking the corner about 
>>>>> a foot above the other three?
>>>>>  For sure a front stabilizer would do most of the trick, and a rear 
>>>>> stabilizer if it were possible, but I kinda think that the FCs were 
>>>>> designed to handle better under load than empty.
>>>>>  Any thoughts?
>>>>>  Merv Krull
>>>>> Salmon Arm, BC
>>>>
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