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What this means then, Jim, is that this old-fashioned guy who likes to leave the suspension alone won't have to get out the calculator to do the cosine calcs. ;-) Actually, most of those numbers seems to hang on in the head from slide-rule days! Now, where did I leave my slippers and pipe, and is it Tuesday yet? > some people here are old fashioned and quite set in there veiws and i think they are wrong quite often !!! Neil, I'm sure you didn't mean me. ;-) Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:45 AM Subject: Re: [T3] 009 and mods > On 28 Aug 2004 at 23:16, Steven Ayres wrote: > > > GregM=> did you mean *any* Type III, or just a lowered one? > > > > Jim's right that lowering lessens the effect of the anti-sway bar, to the > > extent that there is less suspension travel. But as long as the suspension > > is traveling, anti-sway is working. > snipped > > In between vertical and horizontal trailing arms the situation is in between > the stock and infinite spring rates, and you can calculate the change as 1/cos > (angle). > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~