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Missed opportunity for Ford??
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Re: Missed opportunity for Ford?? -
05-09-2004
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The diesel didn't grip as well, despite being a 3 door shell and the petrol having 5 doors And here was me thinking the tyres and suspension setup was the main factor in the amount of grip, not the number of doors :-) |
dept, being race cars and that. That said they didn't both have the same
suspension setups, buts it's fairly well known that if you want to make a
rigid shell, you put as few holes in it as possible. Hence all the 3 door
Scoobys and Cosworths.
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AstraVanMan wrote: The diesel didn't grip as well, despite being a 3 door shell and the petrol having 5 doors And here was me thinking the tyres and suspension setup was the main factor in the amount of grip, not the number of doors :-) I suspect they'd both be fairly well fettled in the suspension and tyres dept, being race cars and that. That said they didn't both have the same suspension setups, buts it's fairly well known that if you want to make a rigid shell, you put as few holes in it as possible. Hence all the 3 door Scoobys and Cosworths. |
I think you missed the point of AstraVanMan's post...
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The diesel didn't grip as well, despite being a 3 door shell and the petrol having 5 doors And here was me thinking the tyres and suspension setup was the main factor in the amount of grip, not the number of doors :-) I suspect they'd both be fairly well fettled in the suspension and tyres dept, being race cars and that. That said they didn't both have the same suspension setups, buts it's fairly well known that if you want to make a rigid shell, you put as few holes in it as possible. Hence all the 3 door Scoobys and Cosworths. I think you missed the point of AstraVanMan's post... |
Peter
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