Re: Wheel opening

From: Ramon Spontelli (rs11(at)elsegundoca.attgis.com)
Date: Thu Feb 01 1996 - 09:06:34 CST


> Why is the car designed with a different track width front to rear??
> It must have something to do with handling...?

I've read in several books, and heard from several go-fast drivers
that a wider track in the front reduces understeer/increases oversteer.
(Come to think of it, Mas Kobayashi at Panasport said it too.)
To that extent, those "track equalizing" offsets that some people
are pushing with their wheel sets compromise to some extent whatever
performance advantage they provide with their wider wheel widths.

Ramon



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