we are having problems with the racing tire we HAVE to use because it slips sideways (deforms excesively)in turns. Anybody figured out a way to make it more rigid? with the same wheel
Together with a couple of coleagues, (racecar builders), we have a discusion on what is the ideal position and movement of roll centers. the type of car is a rear wheel drive touring car with front engine, solid axle,1300 kg 50/50 distribution, with 2.74 mts wheelbase, 1.65 mts track. we would...
A few days ago i had a discussion with another constructor who says that for EVERY racecar there is a relationship between steering angle and wheels, which is the same for every car. I never heard such thing. Is this true?
We are in a process of creating a shop for race cars development and testing, we think of having the following tools:
A 3D scanning device to have a model of the car
A flow analysis/virtual wind tunnel
A post processing software to analize aero changes
A FEA software for structural analysis
A...
I´ve been working on a new front suspension for our 1250 kg, rear wheel drive, 350 hp, no power steering race car, and found out that the weight transfer on cornering is great when i use negative caster. But this produces a great deal of instability due to the caster trail that results, and also...
i am designing a rear suspension on a race car, but if i get the anti squat i want and other parameters i think will be helpful, i get a couple of milimiters of link error (compliance). i would like to know if anybody has some experience in using rubber or anyother elastic bushing instead of rod...
