[quote name='rlaifatt' date='Mar 23 2007, 06:27 PM']Naka, you haven't answered my question above.

 

I have never said you are wrong. I really don't know if you are right or wrong. I am questioning some of your statements by asking for clarification or references as they seem contradictory to some of your own statements and some of what I have read elsewhere. I am no expert on suspension tuning, and so I don't make authoritative statements, just state my opinions/suggestions and personal experiences, and sometimes offer the references I've read so people can interpret them for themselves.

 

Thanks for clarifying.

 

[quote name='rlaifatt' date='Mar 23 2007, 06:45 PM']If this came from a book, I'd like to know the reference.

 

I'm trying to remember my high school physics, which was a long, long time ago , but in a static situation like this, I recall that the weight at the two ends would remain the same. My memory, as well as the corner-balancing references I've read more recently, may be wrong.

Someone get two scales and give us some empirical data! (or a scientific reference) !

 

[quote name='krazik' date='Mar 23 2007, 06:32 PM']naka's just someone who read a book and is now an expert.

 

[quote name='rlaifatt' date='Mar 23 2007, 05:27 PM']I'm trying to remember my high school physics, which was a long, long time ago

 

Naka is consistent with the literature in"
Going Faster: Master the art of race driving" by the Skip Barber Racing School. Published by Bentley Publisher, 2001, the 2nd edition.
Chapter 14, "Chassis Adjustments".

Disclaimer:
I'm not the fastest (i am a slow HPDE3 driver), but I love driving my S on the track and reading books about chassis tuning.

Hope the reference helps others out there.

 

That's funny you got so into it, that you had to prove it to yourself. I like that. If in doubt, go prove it on your own. I'm glad You're starting to "convert".

I've never heard about the inability to change the F:R weight ratio when corner balancing. All you have to do is lift one end of the car and that ratio will change.

What I do know, though, is that if you have to much weight on one corner of the car, then you will have too much weight on the opossite corner. The other 2 corners will not have enough weight (remember, we are talking about static weight here). That diagonal arrangement never changes.

 

[quote name='Naka' date='Mar 23 2007, 08:58 PM']