Saturday, 31 December 2011

Suspension geometry - Part 1

After giving up removing the diff from the BMW I decided to work on the design. As I remembered to measure the steering rack I was able to start planning the suspension geometry.

Whilst static the wheels are 1 degree in negative camber.


In cornering the body rolls 3 degrees before the outside wheel gains positive camber.


As I have chosen to use a relatively short swing axle length (SAL) of 1600mm to improve cornering geometry, the wheel geometry alters quite a lot in squat and droop. The images below are 50mm squat and droop.




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