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Old 13-09-2007, 04:33 PM
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Can someone tell me why they are bladed instead of a conical shape.Is the blade part milled out for weight saving or is there more to it.
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Old 13-09-2007, 04:34 PM
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easy of manufacture i think mate
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to give differing stiffness when their orientation is changed
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Old 13-09-2007, 04:43 PM
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i thought you changed the bar more than altered the leaver point

and being what is just a bar,, it is easy to make many with different torsional strength
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Rotate the blade and the stiffness changes. simple So effectively make a adjustable ARB
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Originally Posted by GARETH T
i thought you changed the bar more than altered the leaver point

and being what is just a bar,, it is easy to make many with different torsional strength
Your correct too, they had this on the WRC rally prog a few weeks ago with the Subaru team showing the differences & reason for swapping depending on the conditions.
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any one have any pics of the 2 differant types, i cant think what they would look like
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Originally Posted by Rob
Rotate the blade and the stiffness changes. simple So effectively make a adjustable ARB
i totally forgot that the blade on wrc/group a cars can turn

not all bladed systems having this adjustabilaty though
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Thanks for the input.Thought there must be a reason for the shape.
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Originally Posted by GARETH T
Originally Posted by Rob
Rotate the blade and the stiffness changes. simple So effectively make a adjustable ARB
i totally forgot that the blade on wrc/group a cars can turn

not all bladed systems having this adjustabilaty though
Of course they do Gareth or the shape chosen will differ , no point making an adjustable shape if you cant adjust it !
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Originally Posted by GARETH T
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Rotate the blade and the stiffness changes. simple So effectively make a adjustable ARB
i totally forgot that the blade on wrc/group a cars can turn

not all bladed systems having this adjustabilaty though
Of course they do Gareth or the shape chosen will differ , no point making an adjustable shape if you cant adjust it !
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heres one i sold recently , now adapted onto an alfa

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