Mazda, and a lot of other makes, have a large. and unused as far as I can tell, area at the top of their bell housings.
What's it for?
I wouldn't think it's needed for MOI, which is already enormous.
And why the double walls at certain points around the periphery?
Is it possible to equate a given amount of kinematic wheel recession to control arm bushing horizontal compliance?
Assuming double wishbones and LCA canted down at the back, is it as simple as taking the horizontal component of the suspension spring compliance?
I'm guessing not, since the...
I never paid much attention to these until now but have become interested after reading that they can improve the ride/handling tradeoff.
A conventional A-arm is a structure, but the 4-bar resulting from replacing it with two links is a mechanism, where a longitudinal force/motion would tend to...
I'm thinking of getting it to go along with an IronCad license for personal use (I'm retired).
My concern is that aside from their and IronCad's websites, all I can find by googling is 6+ years old posts here by GBor, who sold it but whose website is gone.
I've long been mystified by this aspect of how ARB's work.
Why doesn't transferring weight from inside to outside tires increase their lateral tractive capability?
Seems to me that's what would should happen when increasing normal force w/o increasing the lateral force.
I understand that...
