glad to help anyone else that wants this info as well...
Basically 4 pots that are linear with a stainless shaft and delrin heim
joints. they look like little shocks and are very accurate..
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Keith Turk
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 2:54 PM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Potentiometers...? ( who cares how it's spelled )
>
>
> I've always had an interest in knowing what the car was
> doing at speed...
> with the Camaro it's a simple matter of reading the pressure on
> the front and
> rear air bags...( rears are gone now... but you get the idea ).... Air
> pressure measurements indicated that the nose had downforce... I never got
> overly sceintific about it... but I could have...
>
> With the new suspension in the Sportsliner... I really wanted to know
> something about how much downforce it had and if in fact it was
> increasing at
> speed or not... and I wanted to know how much the car was
> unbalanced when the
> parachute comes out.... to do that Dave has come up with 4
> potentiometers
> that measure distance...they are about 10" long retracted and
> around 14" long
> extended...( if you want exact I'll get the numbers for you )
> I'm going to
> mount them right along side of the Coil overs and then calibrate
> them to know
> the altitude of the body at all times..... and ultimately with the Coil
> overs I'll know how much downforce it's creating as a result of the air
> pressure when it's at Speed....
>
> Might sound like I'm out tricking myself again... but honestly I
> don't want a
> repeat of Seth's deal when it's a simple matter of taking the
> time to do the
> measurements...
>
> Keith ( I want to say thanks to Dave Dahlgren for his help in putting this
> package together... )
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