Thinking Out Loud
Just revisiting an old thread.
I wasn't implying that WD was just pulling the hubs in and calling it a day. I was just stating that relative to each side of the front suspension, if the inner and outer pickup points for the control arms and inner and outer tie rod positions do not change relative to one another (in 3D space), characteristics like bumpsteer, camber gain, caster gain etc. would not change.
Looking at the whole front suspension - Ackerman would change because the radius by which the inner and outer wheel follow in a turn would change due to the distance between the wheels changing.
Narrowing the Vette suspension would require that the Corvette rack be modified or a different rack be used. I thought I read somewhere that WD was incorporating a Mustang R&P into his design.
Anyway, I'm far from a suspension expert. Both Wayne Due and John Parsons (as well as many other people) know more about suspension geometry than I ever will, so if I'm wrong, please correct me, but I think my statements are accurate.
Later,
Brandon
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