[Spridgets] Suspension travel

[Jack Laird]

Interesting, glad to see that.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Rick Fisk
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 10:25 AM
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Suspension travel

I was really surprised at the amount the axle winds up under acceleration.
You can see that the driveshaft flange has either hit the top of the tunnel 
or
it was clearanced to prevent hitting when the axle winds up.

Rick

Sent from my keyboard

On Jan 2, 2012, at 7:03 AM, Paul Baker <paulbaker53 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Daniel,
>
> Check out this video of a racing Healey 3000 with a video camera
> fixed to show the rear suspension travel.  Although this does not answer
your
> question directly it does highlight the movement of the axle particularly
> under hard acceleration, which causes greater travel than when cornering.
> Can't tell if the car has a panhard rod but being an FIA spec car does not
> have anti-tramp bars.  Also, note how hot the rear discs get under heavy
> braking.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN-4LLAKlpw&feature=youtu.be
>
> Cheers
> Paul
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