I hate myself for even reading this thread anymore, but for the life of me I can't stop hitting the reply button.
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Originally Posted by Dean
OK. But I will pose one more question.
Do you honestly beleive that the same setup that gets you through the Andretti hairpin fastest will also be the best setup to get you through the corkscrew the fastest at Laguna Seca?
If so, I wish you luck, if not, then I have made my point.
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Gosh, I sure do love having words put in my mouth. What part of
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Originally Posted by me
I also know chassis setup is frequently a hurried compromise during any given race weekend.
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did you not understand? Let me run through it very explicitly:
If I was for some reason responsible for setting up that car I might come to the same setup conclusions they did during the weekend, and end up merrily carrying a tire around the course in order to minimize my overall times.
During that weekend.
When it was over, I would set about fixing the
problem of lifting a tire, by examining the available shock travel, considering a revalve, adjusting roll stiffness, etc. - in order to
fix the
problem. I wouldn't sit there and come up with fatalistic excuses like
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A number of RWD cars do that in tight autocross turns. Just like AWD and FWD lift the inner rear.
OK, I know it is suspension geometry not which wheels drive, but those are the symptoms.
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I have even seen AM, now XM "cars" lift inside fronts in tight corners. These are the fastest autocross vehicles made. Do you honestly believe these people wouldn't eliminate that if it was beneficial?
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in order to convince myself that the
problem didn't need to be
fixed.