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 articulating middle.
(and you always wondered how we make those little itty bitty cul-de-sac's :-))
MJ
On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 20:37:16 -0800 "Allendorfer, Mike"
<mwa96imp@regionofdoom.com> wrote:
> 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. "'gonna be the next
> hot thing" or so they hyped. It did look
> rather silly leaning into the
> corner. No instrumented tests or anything like
> that, just some comparison
> pics w/ the modified car and unmodifed car
> going around a corner at roughly
> the same speed.
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Ciarcia"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 12:45 PM
> Subject: RE: Stupid camber tricks...
>
>
> > 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 it
> threw off
> > their senses and gave them a false perception
> of how
> > much grip the car had.
> >
> > Of course this could all be completely wrong
> as I have
> > no idea where the heck I heard this, and
> therefor
> > don't know if the source is credible or not.
> >
> > Ho Ho Ho, Joe
> >
> > --- Mark Smith wrote:
> > > 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....
> > > imagine that setup combined with the active
> camber
> > > and silly hats!
> > >
> > > Mark.
> >
> > =====
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> >
> >
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