Wheel spacer Q

[amalventano1@home.com (Allyn)]

Hey now, you tryin to tell me the rieger dont handle? I swear it pulls some major 'g's, far more
than any other car i've been in. Keep in mind its not only the rear track thats wider though.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>
To: "Mardak" <maardak@yahoo.ca>; "Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:55 PM
Subject: RE: Wheel spacer Q


> Allyn, you've got some of your story backwards. An increased rear track will
> effectively *soften* the spring rate because of the greater amount of
> leverage enacted upon the springs. The rear roll rate will increase just
> slightly. Still, the wider track will contribute towards greater grip in the
> back. This, in turn,  will promote an *understeer* condition.
>
> That's one of the reasons why you never see wide-ass rear tires/tracks on
> FWD cars. Well... not those that are built to handle, anyway. FWIW, our
> stock front track is several mm wider than the rear. That is no arbitrary
> arrangement.
> --
> Scott F. Williams
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Mardak
> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:32 PM
> > To: Allyn; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: Wheel spacer Q
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Allyn <amalventano1@home.com> wrote:
> > >     Spacing out the rears will effectively make the rear stiffer (the
> > > tires 'give' has less of an
> > > effect on body roll, since the give is further from the center of the
> > > car. Stiffer in rear promotes
> > > oversteer, not understeer. Keep in mind this has minimal effect,
> > > since you are only adding 10mm. As
> >
> > Really?  But doesn't an increased rear track translate into increased
> > rear grip, which would promote understeer?  Either way, as you
> > mentioned, 10mm shouldn't change much...
> >
> > One last question, will the car still track straight?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Mark.
> >
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