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Originally Posted by Fort Felker
I'm still puzzled... Lowering the rear would lower the cg, and reduce weight transfer to the front, but lowering the front would accomplish the same thing.
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Lowering the two unequal amounts is what determines rake.
The axles don't support the weight or transfer it to the tires, the control arms of the suspension do. Where the pickup points attached to the chassis will determine a lot of the affect the rake will have on weight transfer. Not being an engineer, I'm sure there is someone out there who can do a better job of explaining it than me. As a real world point I've built many a racecar and modded street cars. The extent of which rake affects brake use/wear has varied from car to car for me. My Elise was not nearly as sensitive as my M3 or my Cobra R for example.
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Last edited by RingSport; 06-18-2008 at 06:11 PM.
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