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Old 06-22-2009, 01:02 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Alphonse View Post
I believe it's the other way around. Move it forward to place more weight on the front wheels and you reduce understeer. To eliminate it on the Esprit I raised the rear and lowered the front to achieve a slightly more forward weight bias.

Al
I certainly believe that could reduce understeer, but probably not because you've moved the CG much. Go ahead and calculate how further forward you moved the CG when you altered your front and rear ride heights slightly. The value you get won't be worth mentioning. Much more likely is that the dynamics changed due to camber changes that came along with adjusting the ride heights.

The more mass you get off the front tires, the easier it will be to rotate the front end.

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