What causes the rear wheel to lift?
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What is it that causes the rear wheel to lift when cornering hard?
Is it because the dampening is so stiff? It looks mental, as if it'll flip..
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All about weight transfer Dan.
Brake, turn in...
Weight moves forward, even you brace yourself against the wheel as you brake hard.
Then as you turn the forces of you turning, accelerating away from a straight line moves weight to the side.
Imagine that clios on scales
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Its good in a FWD car as the weights gone to the tyres that need it most.
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A ARB on the rear beam will increase the affect to. What one side does the ARB tries to mirror.
Take your springs and dampers away and jack your car up.
If you pick your right wheel up, the other side would come up too (if you lifted it high enough!).
As the car leans, the right wheels forced up. The torsional stiffeness picks the other wheel up too.
Brake, turn in...
Weight moves forward, even you brace yourself against the wheel as you brake hard.
Then as you turn the forces of you turning, accelerating away from a straight line moves weight to the side.
Imagine that clios on scales
![](http://www.turnfast.com/tech_handling/handling_images/ill_weight_xfr.gif)
Its good in a FWD car as the weights gone to the tyres that need it most.
Hope that cleared it up a bit
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A ARB on the rear beam will increase the affect to. What one side does the ARB tries to mirror.
Take your springs and dampers away and jack your car up.
If you pick your right wheel up, the other side would come up too (if you lifted it high enough!).
As the car leans, the right wheels forced up. The torsional stiffeness picks the other wheel up too.
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not sure about the above but is great fun i do it turning on to my mates drive all the time.
Wheel normally screechs then he knows im there and dont have to get out an ring the door bell
Wheel normally screechs then he knows im there and dont have to get out an ring the door bell
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Originally Posted by slim20012
not sure about the above but is great fun i do it turning on to my mates drive all the time.
Wheel normally screechs then he knows im there and dont have to get out an ring the door bell![Big Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Wheel normally screechs then he knows im there and dont have to get out an ring the door bell
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FWD track cars usually have a hell of a stiff rear ARB and the rear droop is very limited. The lateral weigth shift is also huge. Just have a look at that right front tyre. It's hardly touching the ground too, because of the grip of the slicks.
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