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Subject: [Fot] Fwd: Paging Tom Krieger re: rear springs
From: Bill Babcock <billbab@me.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:06:35 -1000
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> From: Bill Babcock <Billb@bnj.com>
> Date: March 26, 2010 7:23:17 AM HST
> To: Greg & Alison Blake <ablake2@austin.rr.com>
> Cc: MadMarx <tr4racing@googlemail.com>, Friends Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Paging Tom Krieger re: rear springs
> 
> Weight transfer is not that big an issue on little cars, and what there is, 
>is more benefit than problem. I use the weight transfer forward under braking 
>to control understeer. A little tap on the brakes when the front end is 
>pushing can make the car dive nicely to the apex. In all cases I expect the 
>weight to transfer forward under heavy braking and that's why I have 
>adjustable brake bias and my front disks are as good as are allowed. If Peyote 
>had more than 130 hp I might worry about rear weight transfer, but it is 
>unfortunately, no problem. We might find some performance in managing weight 
>transfer by having better shocks on the car, but Peyote uses Armstrongs in the 
>rear, and they have all the damping consistency of a screen door closer. 
> 
> On Mar 24, 2010, at 4:23 PM, Greg & Alison Blake wrote:

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