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Old 09-14-2010, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by CraigM
I don't think the roll centre value would be the same in those two scenarios, but leaving that aside the second scenario would have less camber gain.
Originally Posted by CraigM
As I suspected the roll centres are completely different, -1.1mm for scenario A, -0.73mm for scenario B, so scenario 1 would also roll more in addition to having more camber gain.

Roll centre calculator:
http://www.rctech.net/forum/5382752-post4285.html
http://www.thard.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=145
Originally Posted by 94eg!
Changing roll center via the camber link is very different than the suspension blocks. Raising/lowering the blocks makes very large changes, while altering camber link angle makes a relatively small difference. Here is a drawing I made that illustrates this...

BTW: You may also notice that raising the upper link lowers the roll center, while raising the suspension blocks raises roll center...



Thanks guys! You gave me what I was looking for and then some...
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