RE: FWD vs. RWD Here is the engineering behind the debate.

["Steve Moresi" <smoresi@domain.elided>]

Given some time this weekend I'll do up a front engined car.  Does someone
have weight distros of a FWD alfa, and CG height?

Steve
SLO, CA
74 Spider
64 Spdier

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%From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
%Alex Jenner
%Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 5:28 PM
%To: alfa@domain.elided
%Subject: Re: FWD vs. RWD Here is the engineering behind the debate.
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%Steve Moresi wrote....
%> So to hopefully add something useful to this whole debate, I made a quick
%> web page up to hopefully explain why RWD is better for Hi-Po cars.  As an
%> example I use, a small race car which my fellow ME students and I are
%> building here at Cal Poly.  Just some of the calcs are shown,
%but hopefully
%> enough to show what goes into some of this kind of design.  The
%goods can be
%> found at: http://www.calpoly.edu/~smoresi/traction.html  If anyone wants
%> further information, feel free to email me.
%
%No disagreement with you there Steve, if you have a car with 45:55 weight
%distribution (almost certainly Mid/Rear engine), it's much better
%to have RWD.
%But those figures don't apply to either my Alfasud or your front
%engine, RWD
%Spiders. Of course, if you have huge amounts of power..... but
%that doesn't
%apply to our cars either.
%
%Lex Jenner
%1982 Alfasud Ti 1.5 (lifts the REAR inside wheel during cornering)
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