- 1. Stupid camber tricks... (score: 1)
- Author: Jake Hodges <jake@codeworm.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:42:12 -0800
- Sure, they claim, "Active camber control boosts the research vehicle's maximum lateral acceleration to 1.28 g, meaning that the concept study outperforms current sports cars by some 28 percent." The
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00394.html (7,710 bytes)
- 2. RE: Stupid camber tricks... (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Smith" <msmith@tilia.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 07:28:55 -0800
- I want one.... and I aint talking about the hat! A few years ago Citroen released in Europe a car with "Active Suspension" which had the capability, if Citroen has so wished, to lean INTO corners....
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00402.html (8,297 bytes)
- 3. RE: Stupid camber tricks... (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Ciarcia <veloimpreza@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:45:14 -0800 (PST)
- I think I remember someone telling me that Volvo had been experimenting with just such a system (where the car leans into the corner). It turned out that the test drivers were crashing a lot because
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00404.html (8,249 bytes)
- 4. Re: Stupid camber tricks... (score: 1)
- Author: Sethracer@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:25:05 EST
- I remember pictures of a before and after front view of a 1961 Chevy Impala. (Photo circa mid-1960s) The front suspension had been modified to lean into the turns. I would guess hydraulic weight jack
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00406.html (8,088 bytes)
- 5. Re: Stupid camber tricks... (score: 1)
- Author: "Allendorfer, Mike" <mwa96imp@regionofdoom.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 20:37:16 -0800
- I saw an article in Motor Trend at least 36 yrs ago (perhaps even longer) about a guy who rigged up a special sway bar combo on a '62 Chevy (or something like that) that would lean into the corners.
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00407.html (9,380 bytes)
- 6. Re: Stupid camber tricks... (score: 1)
- Author: "Lolita Adrien"<lomike@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:24:19 -0800
- Next time your out and about a construction site where a Cat blade (motor grader) is in play, watch how little room it takes to swing that beast around with the combo of leaney front wheels and an ar
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00408.html (10,215 bytes)
- 7. Re: Stupid camber tricks... (score: 1)
- Author: Jake Hodges <jake@codeworm.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:29:02 -0800
- Doesn't the BMW 747 already do this? I think they do dynamic sway bar adjustment.. I rode in one on Buttonwillow, and it seemed even better than my mom's Buick Le Saber.
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00409.html (7,433 bytes)
- 8. Re: Stupid camber tricks... (score: 1)
- Author: "James Creasy" <james@thevenom.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 23:51:33 -0800
- you can do away with not only the sway bars, but the suspension geometry (e.g. a-arms mcphersons), springs and shocks and have the car suspended completely on hydraulic lifts if your hardware softwar
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00411.html (9,125 bytes)
- 9. Re: Stupid camber tricks... (score: 1)
- Author: Jake Hodges <jake@codeworm.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 09:39:32 -0800
- We were just discussing this last weekend. A friend has worked out the control systems, and is now sort of looking for a donor car with an automatic transmission.. He asked me if I thought it would b
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00412.html (7,900 bytes)
- 10. Re: Stupid camber tricks... (score: 1)
- Author: Smokerbros@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 21:08:33 EST
- As opposed to, say, OSP WITH drivers? I'll stay in the motorhome and make fun of them, thanks! CHD
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00421.html (7,752 bytes)
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