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Re: Ben Martinez drives rear wheel off the ground on my car.

To: james creasy <jcreasy@perforce.com>
Subject: Re: Ben Martinez drives rear wheel off the ground on my car.
From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:54:18 -0800
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:33:59AM -0800, james creasy wrote:
> usually if it lifts in the front, too much front bar or too little rear 
> spring are the usual reasons.  lifting a rear is likely either too 
> little front spring or too much rear bar (or its a volkswager under 
> there :)) .

There's no rear swaybar.  I think what happens with the Elise is the
inside rear shock extends fully and picks up the wheel.  A stiffer
front swaybar would help by reducing the lean angle.  Stiffer front
springs would help even more by reducing nose-dive due to braking as
well as reducing lean.  The springs aren't legally changeable in stock
class.  Things to try:

a stiffer front bar

more compression damping on the front shocks

use a rear shock with 1" longer extended length

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john@idsfa.net                                              John Stimson
http://www.idsfa.net/~john/                              HMC Physics '94




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