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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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