I know the high castor may make the steering effort a bit harder. Also the less distance between the kingpin axis and the tie rod ends will increase the effort. There are several mid engine kit cars that use the C5 suspension and geometry with manual steering. I'm hoping to find a happy medium or just may have to go to power assisted steering. Don't really want to do that as I am all for the raw feel of man and machine like the glory days of CanAm.
As for the roll center I thought a higher roll center and low center of gravity meant a car will be less likely to roll in a turn? Shorter lever to use as leverage?
If Performance trends 2001 Corvette example is correct and you turn the outside front tire to 25 degree's like in Ron's example of Ackerman calculation the Corvette has 12% ackerman. Do you get the same?
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