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Old 06-15-2024, 02:36 PM   #1
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Re: C4 Vette sub frame & running 4 of the same wheel?

Changing the front to rear footprint of the tires can cause odd steering issues such as over/under steer. The geometry of the front a-arm lengths and wheel offsets and turning all work together. It would be a big disappointment to put in all this effort of the entire build to try to make it better than 1950's stock only to have it be worse and hate the way it drives.
Now up/down suspension travel can be adjusted with quality coilovers, but turning is in the hands of the geometry gods.
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Old 06-16-2024, 10:32 AM   #2
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Re: C4 Vette sub frame & running 4 of the same wheel?

if you can figure out how to use it there are suspension modeling tools online

this is a very long link:

https://vsusp.com/#0.8%26project_nam...ll_center.y%7D
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Old 06-16-2024, 01:43 PM   #3
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Re: C4 Vette sub frame & running 4 of the same wheel?

That is one doozie of a simulation!
Could take me years to understand that one
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Old 06-16-2024, 05:16 PM   #4
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Changing the front to rear footprint of the tires can cause odd steering issues such as over/under steer. The geometry of the front a-arm lengths and wheel offsets and turning all work together. It would be a big disappointment to put in all this effort of the entire build to try to make it better than 1950's stock only to have it be worse and hate the way it drives.
Now up/down suspension travel can be adjusted with quality coilovers, but turning is in the hands of the geometry gods.
Yes,I understand that forever moving forward my alignment will be C4 Corvette Please
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