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Old 11-11-2011 | 03:15 AM
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RogerDaShrubber
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Originally Posted by daleburr
If you're turning right the outer tyres are LF and LR.

Chassis flex won't change the total weight transferred, it will just change how it is distributed between the front and rear tyres, and how fast it is transferred.
+1 A more flexible chassis gives less abrupt transfers of weight, because the flex in the chassis acts against inertia. So i guess you could say it keeps the weight on the inside wheels longer. Much like what an anti roll bar does, as load is placed on the outside wheels, and upward force is applied to the anti roll bar, due to its shape and mounting position, the upward force is converted into torsional force which applies a downward force on the inside wheel. So as a chassis flexes it some of that force pushes the inside wheels back down. You cannot escape inertia, but if you understand how it works, you can use some of its properties to your advantage.
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