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Old 01-04-2013 | 11:49 PM
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Granpa
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Originally Posted by rccartips
Hi Granpa,

Happy New Year!

I think we are also considering the effect of droop when the car is leaning in a corner. And how more/less droop affects the inside tire when leaning.

So is it true, silvercan for TCS 2013 in Mini? Your New Year Wish come true! hehehe.
Yeah, you're right, Joel. But the subject under discussion was the effect of droop adjustments on acceleration. This started out cause someone felt that increasing droop would keep the front wheels of the car on the track during acceleration.

Certainly, droop adjustments could in theory affect side to side weight transfer,
but only if you've restricted it so much that you have almost none. Frankly, I've never touched the droop screws to adjust side to side weight transfer. Also, since I never run shocks in a Mini shorter than 56.5mm, I get plenty of suspension travel, so that we do this with springs, roll bars, etc.

TCS in the USA for Mini is Silvercan, but it's rpm limited so no motor magic here. At the Nats we have to install the motors in tech and remove them in tech. We don't use our own motors, so motors never leave tech. Absolutely no motor shenanigans here.
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