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Originally Posted by fatoni
thats literally all it does. when you push you wheel in or out it changes the ratio between how much the spring compresses in relation to how much the tire moves
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It only has an effect on the ratio if it's a swing axle or single lower A-arm. (Quick, name a modern car that uses either!)
Dragon's car uses front MacStruts and rear multilink suspension. MacStruts have no leverage effect, and the multilink leverage is based on the distances between the lower upright-side pivot, the pivot where the shock mounts to the link, and the chassis-side pivot. So offset has nothing to do with that.
It does have an effect on scrub radius, affects (wider or narrower depending on offset) the track which in-turn can affect weight transfer.
As for this:
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Originally Posted by fatoni
im curious to see the benefits to a fwd car of a giant gt wing
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Are you implying that a FWD car cannot benefit from a large rear wing?
But if you are genuinely curious about his wing, whether it is FWD or RWD or AWD is irrelevant. Wings are not for putting power down, (except in extreme cases, like top level drag racing, World of Outlaws, Pikes Peak cars) they are for increasing tire grip at speed. In track type situations this is to maintain corner speed, which is limited for the most part by lateral grip.
If you look at Dragon's car in his sig, you will also see that he has a significant splitter. This combined with the big rear wing shows that he's concerned about the balance of the downforce generated (or lift canceled) which is important for controlling how much his car over/understeers in higher speed corners with the extra grip. That is what aero is for.
His suspension, tire, aero, motor, etc... choices are likely based on proven settings/results from other higher-level tC racers.
My god, I can't believe I'm defending Dragon and the tC...