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general, the lower we can move the center of gravity, the better the
car will corner. There are a variety of limiting elements. |
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low and the suspension will not have enough travel to absorb bumps.
The tire might rub on the fender or suspension. The suspension's camber
curve might change. There is also a safety rule requirement that if
both tires on one side are deflated, the undercarriage of the car
will not catch on the ground. |
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the car is up on jacks, we must check suspension travel using a floor
jack on the lower suspension arm. We jack the suspension until the
strut is pressed onto the bump stop. We do not yet have our race rims
or our race tires mounted, but we have the measurements and can make
a fairly accurate determination. It looks like that with the suspension
fully compressed, the car bottom will be just above the ground. Since
we are expecting about one inch of normal suspension travel, we will
have to set the car an inch higher than optimum unless we modify the
struts or lower the bottom of the car. |
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lower the suspension, one inch at a time and check camber curve and
clearances. Everything else looks fine. |
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