Barry said: "...Because when the angle of the upright changes, and you don't change the length of the pivot points between the spring eye and the hub on the upright, the axle is at a slightly different position in relation to the road. In effect the axle, when lengthened (which pushes the hub out an inch), shortens the distance between the spring eye (fixed) and the axle (in the vertical plane). This means the car sits slightly lower (given the same spring loading), and if the car is lower the wheels camber inwards more -..."
But, as I've already mentioned a couple of days ago, including mathematical workings, this causes such a small change in ride height (0.084") - and therefore camber (0.4deg) - as not to be worth worrying about. My post is in the archives here: http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/wilma_hiliter/spitfires/200408/msg00169.html Bill, are you sure about the different length springs?? I was under the impression that the same length spring was used throughout; the Rimmers catalogue http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/cgi-bin/rimmer?spitfire/susp#Rear%20Spring,%20Fi ttings%20&%20Shock%20Absorber would seem to support that, only one spring listed. Richard This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright protected. If you are not the addressee, any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, nothing stated in this communication shall be legally binding. *** 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!
