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Imagine what happens when you experience spring wrap up under hard acceleration... your IC moves backwards. I hope you agree with that.




I'm re-reading my posts to see where I glossed over things and made myself unclear. In the above quote I mean the IC relative to the resultant vector (vector from tire contact patch to the CoG) moves backwards. This is because when your spring wraps up, your wheel is moving forward closer to the front spring mount. Your IC relative to the body doesn't change. But if you drew a line from the new position of the tire (relative to the body) to the CoG you'll see the IC is now further away backwards from this line. If you want to be really nitpicky granted your CoG also moves forward when your spring wraps up but not nearly as much forward as your tire contact patch.


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