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GPL: Bump Rubbers and Ride Height

David Bel

GPL: Bump Rubbers and Ride Height

by David Bel » Fri, 30 Oct 1998 04:00:00

I've been completely ***ed to GPL since bringing it home from E.B. a
few weeks ago. One small detail still bothers me tho... Maybe I'm being
a bit ***about this, but I'm the type of person who wants to know
exactly how something works...

So, here are my questions... hopefully, someone at Papyrus will be able
to answer them...

1. Ride Height: If I set the front (or rear) ride height to 2.5
inches,    does that mean that:
        A. There is 2.5 inches of suspension travel before the
           bottom of the car scrapes the track.

        B. There is 2.5 inches of suspension travel before the
           suspension hits the bump ***s.

        C. Something else... if so, please explain.

2. Bump ***s: If I set the front (or rear) bump *** to 1.5
inches,    does that mean that:
        A. The piece of *** itself is 1.5 inches long

        B. The suspension will hit the *** when the bottom of the car           is
1.5 inches from hitting the track

        C. Something else... if so, please explain.

3. Hypothetical setup: The front ride height is set at 1 inch, the
front    bump *** at 1.5 inch. Does this mean that:

        A. The suspension can compress 1 inch then hits the ***
           while the bottom of the car is still 1.5 inches from the
           track surface. At rest in this case, the bottom of the
           car would actually be sitting 2.5 inches from the track.

        B. The car would sit with its bottom 1 inch from the track,
           but the 1.5 inch bump *** raises it up an inch, and
           the car is riding on the *** full time.

        C. Something else... if so, please explain.

Sorry to bring this up yet another time, but if i didn't thoroughly love
GPL I wouldn't be so interested in knowing...

Thanks in advance,

David

John Moor

GPL: Bump Rubbers and Ride Height

by John Moor » Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:00:00

A,A, kind of B/C

> I've been completely ***ed to GPL since bringing it home from E.B. a
> few weeks ago. One small detail still bothers me tho... Maybe I'm being
> a bit ***about this, but I'm the type of person who wants to know
> exactly how something works...

> So, here are my questions... hopefully, someone at Papyrus will be able
> to answer them...

> 1. Ride Height: If I set the front (or rear) ride height to 2.5
> inches,    does that mean that:
>         A. There is 2.5 inches of suspension travel before the
>            bottom of the car scrapes the track.

>         B. There is 2.5 inches of suspension travel before the
>            suspension hits the bump ***s.

>         C. Something else... if so, please explain.

> 2. Bump ***s: If I set the front (or rear) bump *** to 1.5
> inches,    does that mean that:
>         A. The piece of *** itself is 1.5 inches long

>         B. The suspension will hit the *** when the bottom of the car           is
> 1.5 inches from hitting the track

>         C. Something else... if so, please explain.

> 3. Hypothetical setup: The front ride height is set at 1 inch, the
> front    bump *** at 1.5 inch. Does this mean that:

>         A. The suspension can compress 1 inch then hits the ***
>            while the bottom of the car is still 1.5 inches from the
>            track surface. At rest in this case, the bottom of the
>            car would actually be sitting 2.5 inches from the track.

>         B. The car would sit with its bottom 1 inch from the track,
>            but the 1.5 inch bump *** raises it up an inch, and
>            the car is riding on the *** full time.

>         C. Something else... if so, please explain.

> Sorry to bring this up yet another time, but if i didn't thoroughly love
> GPL I wouldn't be so interested in knowing...

> Thanks in advance,

> David


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