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Yeah the US S12 Site

Oh I shamelessly hotlinked the image. Hope you don't mind!

 

No not at all.... Not sure they have truly grasped your logic though?

 

The suspensions "bump" radii is proportionate with the radii of the wishbones/arms and camber gains, in fact to maintain the tyre contact patch the camber is set to honor this radii. Modifying the trim height changes the sprung radii meaning the unsprung radii and sprung radii no longer correlate "bumpsteer".

 

Placing the steering arms in the sprung area of the chassis belays issues with trim height since the arms remain horizontal regardless of the height change but this position requires a near to zero camber curve. A way around this problem and to promote performance suspension settings is to include a Delta curve. The Delta curve is a disproportionate sprung steering arc that allows the pivotal motion to turn without interference from the suspension radii.

 

The downside of a Delta curve is that the castor migrates from the sprung chassis, meaning the gains rapidly remove positive castor during a turn, this allows a rapid yaw that can be disconcerting.

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