28-02-2021, 10:37 PM
With its high camber rear springs the destabilising positve feedback effect with an RP is greater, but this shows up more in spirited driving, patched surfaces and winding surfaces. (Although I found the general handling of a Ruby and my RP much the same.)
The cars have many inherent characteristic which in unlowered form esp lead to somewhat precarious stability. But at modest speeds on smooth surface should be steady.
There are a myriad maintenace factors which worsen stability, from slack shock absorbers to loss of castor to tight kingpins.. Curiously any excessive stiffness in the steering such as tight new kingpins, causes wander as the steering cannot self align. Similary, as mentioned above, having very little backlash causes the wheels to turn over bumps due geometic shortcomings, whereas with some slack the movement is often just lost in the box and the wheels self realign..
The cars have many inherent characteristic which in unlowered form esp lead to somewhat precarious stability. But at modest speeds on smooth surface should be steady.
There are a myriad maintenace factors which worsen stability, from slack shock absorbers to loss of castor to tight kingpins.. Curiously any excessive stiffness in the steering such as tight new kingpins, causes wander as the steering cannot self align. Similary, as mentioned above, having very little backlash causes the wheels to turn over bumps due geometic shortcomings, whereas with some slack the movement is often just lost in the box and the wheels self realign..