Originally Posted by Robbie Mathisen
Originally Posted by SimonH
Originally Posted by Gambalunga
I would have thought that the amount of suspension travel available would have little to do with on track handling, For track work the major consideration would be keeping the rubber on the road with the maximum load for the maximum amount of time possible. For this you would need the tricky balance of limiting body roll (ie keeping as much down force as possible on the inner tyres) and controlling bounce and rebound to keep the tyre on the road (good and effective damping).

It would only be on a very rough track, or in offroad trials, that suspension travel would be a consideration.

How about a Morgan desert racer? smile



Like this you mean?


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Peking Paris 2016

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I thought I would comment on the desert racer Morgan, depicted in Simon's post, although it has nothing to do with the topic in the thread. Just fun facts. The car is "Frøya" (norse godess for love and prosperity). I know the owner Bjørn Schage, the mechanic and co-driver Trond Bråthen, I have seen the car, even sat in it. It is a very heavily modified +4 four seater from 1960. That is, the original design concepts are maintained, but almost everything is modified, fortified and improved. The suspension, chassis, fuel system, electric circuitry, hood, engine, side screens, tyres - you name it. In spite of this they suffered several breakdowns, but managed to cope and finally got to Paris. Later they have taken on the Himalayan Challenge and they will go for another Peking - Paris in 2021. This is their old website, still to be found on the net if anybody is interested: www.peking2paris2016.no


I made the chassis, suspension, fuel tanks, and the rear axle for the car...

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