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Old 03-13-2014, 07:05 PM   #905
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Originally Posted by cdrazic93 View Post
If the car is front biased in terms of weight, wouldn't you want a higher spring rate in the front to omit the extra weight of the engine? And likewise in the rear wouldn't you want a softer rate than the front to help with acceleration g forces?


that is not how it works...


you're thinking about at a very basic level of mass being supported in space


weight distribution is by and large static, you can tip the car forward/backward/side/skew using adjustable springs but there is a practical limit to this.


a spring's function is multi-dimensional... i'll try to fish out a detailed explanation (since keener minds have already done this),
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