Suspension travel
Posted: October 2nd, 2015, 5:37 pm
I watched Michael Varacins win the runoffs - what a great race that was!
I was looking at the amount of ground clearance on his car - significantly less than any other car it appears. Maybe Steve Davis' car is almost as low to the ground, (I watched the video again - it's car number 81 that appears next lowest) but most have 2 to 3 inches or more ground clearance. My FV has almost 4 inches of ground clearance and I've never bottomed the suspension of course, but I bet I have at least 2" of suspension travel in the front beam.
Is Michael's (and other's) car set up so stiff that the front suspension travels only an inch or just a bit over?
Is there an advantage to having the body close to the ground - perhaps a similar effect to the splitters and flat bottoms on sports racers (those that aren't feeding diffusers)?
Jim
I was looking at the amount of ground clearance on his car - significantly less than any other car it appears. Maybe Steve Davis' car is almost as low to the ground, (I watched the video again - it's car number 81 that appears next lowest) but most have 2 to 3 inches or more ground clearance. My FV has almost 4 inches of ground clearance and I've never bottomed the suspension of course, but I bet I have at least 2" of suspension travel in the front beam.
Is Michael's (and other's) car set up so stiff that the front suspension travels only an inch or just a bit over?
Is there an advantage to having the body close to the ground - perhaps a similar effect to the splitters and flat bottoms on sports racers (those that aren't feeding diffusers)?
Jim