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Rear Steer in Asphalt Race Cars - Rear Steer Design

Rear Steer In Asphalt Race Cars Pull Bar
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Rear Steer In Asphalt Race Cars Pull Bar
The pullbar upper third link allows the rearend to rotate under acceleration. The movement of the rearend rearward can be utilized to produce rear steer to the left only while under acceleration. That way, the car is correctly aligned at the rear during entry and through the middle of the turns. Rear steer to the left helps promote bite on flat and slick asphalt tracks. Rob Fisher
Rear Steer In Asphalt Race Cars Three Link Rear Suspension
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Rear Steer In Asphalt Race Cars Three Link Rear Suspension
Some three-link rear suspensions are built with the trailing arms angled from a top view with the front mounts located closer to the car's centerline than the rear mounts. This creates some amount of rear steer if the rearend moves laterally as the chassis rolls. This type of rear steer will tighten the car if the rearend moves to the right as the car rolls. The downside to this type of rear steer is that it will tighten the car in the middle of the turns as well as off the corner.
Rear Steer In Asphalt Race Cars Four Link Suspension
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Rear Steer In Asphalt Race Cars Four Link Suspension
The metric four-link suspension has two links above the rearend and two links below the rearend. They are angled from a top view to prevent the rearend from moving side to side as the chassis rolls. This system would work very well with larger sway bars. The high rear roll center works in conjunction with a stiff front end to reduce roll in the chassis.

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