Alan
They have to race with that set up in order to conform to FIA regulations.
Also with wire wheels. Scary though.
Derek
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:57 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
> No wonder the shocks leak.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> On 8/31/2011 8:00 PM, Alan Seigrist wrote:
>
>> All -
>>
>> Just saw this on the forum. Very interesting:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=tN-4LLAKlpw&feature=youtu.be<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN-4LLAKlpw&feature=youtu.be>
>>
>> Four things I see in this:
>>
>> 1) The later BJ8 suspension is clearly an advance over this earlier set
>> up,
>> as you can see the axle winding up every time he puts on power. The
>> radius
>> rods serve to stop the windup.
>> 2) Later in the video you see the discs start getting white hot (the car
>> is
>> racing up to 150 mph)
>> 3) Dutch racers are really into the mechanics of it all.
>> 4) I admire the desire to race using the stock suspension!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>
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