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Old 18-08-2010
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Originally Posted by RudeTony View Post

You have a bump in a middle of a straight !!!
Your car is travelling at 35mph with no weight, in fact it's well under weight just for this experiment.....
It will hit that bump and fly in the air because it's light. It just won't matter how your suspension, oils or anything else is set up - it will fly because it's too light.....
Now same scenario but with a real real heavy car.
The heavy car just won't fly, it's too heavy, it will go over the bump with no issue.
That is why weight works.
I can see where you're coming from but I have to disagree with this one... different (lighter overall for the situation you are describing) dampening/springs will provide the same result without resorting to adding weight... Maybe it's easier to add weight than chase the right dampening/pack/spring combination though...

This is an interesting discussion - please keep'em coming.

Paul
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