Mark Sirota writes...
>You know the old adage, speed doesn't kill, it's the sudden deceleration
>at the end? Same thing here. It's the hard hit against the bump stops.
Kinda like airplanes. Airplanes aren't dangerous. It's that damned gravity.
Sorry. I have nothing intelligent to contribute. It's all I had.
Katie K.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Sirota [SMTP:msirota@isc.upenn.edu]
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 1:40 PM
> To: Justin Hughes
> Cc: autocross
> Subject: Re: Semi-Trailing Arm Next Ralph Nader No No???
>
> Justin Hughes wrote:
> > Yet I can attest that even with the optional rear sway bar, a stock
> > E21 has A LOT of body roll.
>
> I'm not talking about the amount of body roll. I'm talking about
> the roll rate -- the speed at which the body rolls. And in
> particular, the speed at which it contacts the bump stops (which
> results in an almost instantaneous change of roll center to the outer
> contact patches).
>
> You know the old adage, speed doesn't kill, it's the sudden deceleration
> at the end? Same thing here. It's the hard hit against the bump stops.
>
> Mark
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