I think that what has happened here is that people are saying one thing and others are reading it as something else.
Doc's statement is true if you are referring to just the upright (in swing springs, fixed springs or rotoflex suspensions. Move the upright off vertical and the camber changes (either negative or positive). With the swing axle arrangement, the upright is perpendicular to the axle and is attached so that it remains that way. Therefore if you move the suspension at all, the camber changes. Raise the rear of the car and the camber goes massively positive. Increasing the axle length while maintaining a constant spring length makes the angle less positive or more negative, depending on how you want to look at it. With the rotoflex or other multiple control element suspensions, the ideal is to have the camber change within a desired range. Because the axle is no longer the lower control element, the axle must change relative lengths as it goes through its movement and that is accomplished by the rotoflex unit. Other cars use CV-Joints or slip joints to accomplish the same thing. There, Haven't we just about beaten the subject to death? :) Joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 11:13 AM To: M D "Doc" Nugent; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Spitfire Swing Spring DOC... I think you're referring to the roto-flex setup. The swing axle setup has a pivot point between the bearing trunnion and uprights, much like the pivot arrangement of the front lower trunnions. Only the roto-flex setup had the 'fixed' upright to outer axle angle as I think you're thinking about. Paul Tegler [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.teglerizer.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "M D "Doc" Nugent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:39 PM Subject: RE: Spitfire Swing Spring *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
