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Front/Rear Bias related to loose

Douglas Worthingt

Front/Rear Bias related to loose

by Douglas Worthingt » Mon, 03 Nov 1997 04:00:00

Hello,

        Could somebody please explain why adding weight to the rear of
the car makes the car loose?  Why doesn't the added weight make the
wheels grip more?

thanks

dougw

Jim Sokolof

Front/Rear Bias related to loose

by Jim Sokolof » Tue, 04 Nov 1997 04:00:00


>    Could somebody please explain why adding weight to the rear of
> the car makes the car loose?  Why doesn't the added weight make the
> wheels grip more?

Because the amount of mass that has to accelerated by the force
generated by those tires increases ever so slightly faster than the
tires' ability to generate frictional forces.

(Your physics teacher taught you that the coefficient of friction
between two substances doesn't vary with normal force. She lied, but
just by a tiny amount...)

---Jim


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