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I say if they don't comply with the law then they should be taken off the road and if anyone thinks this is a little rough than have the vehicle engineered.
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When it comes down to it, Fred's on the money as there are to many people out there that think they know better.
When you talk about moments etc, you talking about the force applied as a leverage ie the force is applied at the edge of the tyre over a dis |
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As for crumple zones and solid cages racing cars do have crumple zones with a solid cage in the middle. Most 70's and 80's Jap cars had crumple zones that started at the front bumper and finished at the back bumper.
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you are dead right their Dmax,,
their are a lot of people, who dont know what they are talking about.!
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When you think about it there is an endless amount of after market products that when you change the slightest thing from factory it gives them a reason to screw you depending on the cop, I've had a cop tell me to get new tyres once and that was it no def Edited by user 17 years ago
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G'day D max
Do you want a job at a university?
I have worked with 'and dragged through' a large number of Phd students that could not explain load ,force and moment arc's as well as you have.
The worst part is that they are already "Ingineers"
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The wider the the track, the greater the force exerted on your wheel bearings. A small increase, lets say 25mm, could increase the forces by the order of 200-300%. How long till the wheel bearing fails going around a corner?
the above quote from Dmax,
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guys to the millions who think they are being hard done by your just over reacting to nonsense i dont wanna come round as harsh but if your doing something silly then you deserve to be booked IMHO i love fast cars and ive met some really nice guys who dri
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Fred!!!
I am sorry,, but give us a break!!!
in my life,i have been bashed,,cops d
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wider tyres are not necessarily safer. on a wet road a wider tyre can aquaplane more, the weight on it per square millimetre is less than the weight per square millimetre of a nrrower tyre.
Also having wider tyres on the rear can be quite unsafe, as you
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Let me start by saying i lived on both sides of the fence as a copper and a hoon
they tend to go in spirts with targeting car shows and mostly from the directive from higher up
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just a question, if your car does get defected for something you can easily fix, how much does it cost to get it back on the road? assuming it costs nothing to get it back to roadworthy condition
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Register your rarely driven car interstate. That way you can ignore all defect notices. Just smile and say thankyou to the nice pig, and then peel off the canary
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Think you could be playing with fire with that one.
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Do ya self a favour , If Ur building a car make it safe , you are the one driving it "simple" forget the cops ! Ohh and If ya dont know what ya doing , get someone who does do it !!! EASY !!
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well ,what car i say,they used to bust us all the time in the eighties,we were just having a nice time in number 3 carpark in perth ,sitten around,friday & saterday night,puttin stickers on our cars,,,,opps,oh yeah ,,sorry forgot,,we would dump 44 gallon
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