Jan Schmidt wrote:
Some of the original Mini Coopers had rubber doughnuts for suspension, also. I dont know if that was their dampeners, too? I have a friend that
Bill, Most Minis did not have any auxiliary dampers, they just had the conical rubber springs. The Cooper S had the "hydrolastic" suspension, with a fluid transfer system on top of the spring membrane, which was configured in an "X" so that compression on one corner caused a corresponding lifting of the diagonal corner; it probably effected quite a bit of damping through friction losses in the hoses (the fluid was simply 50/50 water/anti-freeze). My mom's CS race car had some auxiliary Konis on the front when she bought it as a street car, but she ditched them when she went racing as no one else was running them. http://www.not2fast.com/mini/joan/ Eric ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
