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Chat with a Lotus technician

5K views 56 replies 25 participants last post by  khamai 
Lotus is not Mazda, or Porsche or ... These cars are developed by race drivers & true high performance drivers. A Lotus test engineer has won one of the Brit Car Mag's drift contest for years running. There's a reason, they do it every day. Let's remind ourselves that guys like Becker come from F1 (driving)...

Bottomline, there's VERY few of us that have the skills to do a better job of sorting out a car... So, the operative word is "TRUST". It's a Lotus. It's sorted and oriented toward "Performance" in the real sense of the word, not some marketing hype. So, let's step back, enjoy what they've created and not 2nd guess Lotus.
 
ConeFusion said:
How a spring acts depends on where it is attached, and the angle. Imagine that the lower end of the spring is attached to the middle of the suspension arm. In that case, the spring will be compressed 0.5" if the wheel moves up 1". This means that you have a motion ratio of 0.5.
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Ultimately engineers are most concerned with "Wheel Rate". Spring rate is a component of the Wheel Rate, as is the sway bar and bushings.
 
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