In a message dated 12/27/2007 7:42:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Increasing front stiffness (springs, shocks or sway bar) will increase the potential for understeer. Compensating for too much understeer is accomplished by adding stiffness to the rear. ==AM== I'm with you, Joe. And I can "prove" it from personal experience. Back in the 1970s when I was autocrossing my essentially stock GT6+, I often ran against another 6+. It was also essentially stock, except that the owner had added the thicker front sway bar from a later swing-spring Spitfire. We swapped cars occasionally, and there was no question in my mind that his car was much more prone to plowing like a Ferguson tractor. ;-) "Racing" Spitfires are a whole 'nuther story, since suspension modifications are not limited to just a thicker front sway bar. --Andy Mace *Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet? *Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er, Triumph Herald engine with wings. -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22) Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph Herald Database at its new URL: _http://triumph-herald.us_ (http://triumph-herald.us/) **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
