Chassis math formulas

[kartboy63]

Here it is.

The lateral weight transfer formula (post 2), and several others. came from "How To Make Your Car Handle" by Fred Puhn.

that was a long time ago !!

 

[paulkish]

Lateral weight transfer can be calculated anywhere in a corner.

[(Total weight × center of gravity height) ÷ track width] × g force = amount of weight transferred laterally.

Same formula works for front/rear transfer.

If that is what your basing your thought process on IMHO your lost.

How stuff works is about how weight is applied to your tires.
One question: Does raising the COG increase or decrease weight transfer?
answer: Either a resulting increase or decrease is a wrong answer.

Raising or lowering the COG changes how dynamically transferred weight was aimed to operate your chassis.
When they included g force into the equation the amount of weight transferred instantaneously became defined as dynamically transferred weight.

Another thing not included is dynamically transferred weight happened instantaneously.

Which came first?
The operation of your chassis or instantaneous weight transfer?
answer: neither ...

And this is all thunkin winging it and writing with my third cup of coffee so it has to be all IMHO and not necessarily right anyway. ...

... posted without proof reading which was dumb as usual