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Re: Koni yellows (again)



<x-charset iso-8859-1>My only point was that the struts were not adjusted properly actually
causing him to overshoot the road. i have been on the same streatch
thousands of times and have never even gotten close to where his car ended
up. I am not sure how it happened but the place where he bought all his
parts (Kam specialty in PA) told me he killed his friend with his improper
adjustment. They were setup for street class racing not for everyday
driving..
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Williams <sfwilliams@home.com>
To: Mike <lerb@redrose.net>; scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: Koni yellows (again)


> Mike wrote:
>
> > I did not say it was not human error BUT the suspension did cause him to
> > leap off of the road...(ok so he was over 100 on a back road) I have
taken
> > the same area many times and never had my car jump over 30 feet in the
air
> > at that same hill.
>
> Mike, your buddy was driving over 100mph over a crest and you're surprised
that
> he became airborne? Every time I do that (under controlled conditions,
mind you)
> I go sailing. Think about it. That he became a projectile was a matter of
simple
> inertia. No shocks in the world will keep your car from following a
ballistic
> trajectory.
>
> They may have been improperly adjusted and could have lent to some chassis
> instability or whatever but there is no way that a shock can launch a car
into
> the air. What, did they suddenly pressurize, creating a jacking movement,
and
> send the car towards the sky? Nah, it would take "Knight Rider" technology
to do
> that! Think about it.
> --
> Scott F. Williams
> NJ Scirocco nut
> SCCA ProRally driver
> Hotrod Rabbit GTi
>
> Check out the new rally website!
> http://www.usrallyteam.com
>
>


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