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Originally Posted by Rayme
I wonder why nobody has ever shown test / results of chassis brake working, I mean on a mechanical level. You could simple design a brace that meets in the middle (not attached to one another) put up a camera and record how much torsion the chassis gets by looking at how far the braces flexes apart from each other during a track / auto-x run.
That would make a good demonstration for your case. I personally hate speculation and love test data.
I made a photoshop to show what I mean.
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You wouldn't want to do it that way, unless the bars are carefully balanced and very rigid, there will be vibration, and you won't get a worthwhile measurement. Better to just fab up a bar and slap a strain gauge on it, then watch what it does. If you get some strain on the bar, it's working, and reacting loads. No strain on the bar, it's just sitting there, looking pretty, costing you weight and money. It's proven technique, and strain gauges are cheap.