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Old 06-24-2005, 05:20 PM   #252
mindgam3
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Originally Posted by jakaracman
Originally Posted by mindgam3
The difference in speeds when considering michelin runners going through turn 13 at their reduced speed is about 70-90mph....
Wrong.
If you'd wnat the forces to be lowered by 30% (wihich would be more than enough, a a tire engineer has expalined to me even 10% would be enough), you'd need to reduce speed by 30 mph (and for 10% 10mph). Any driver that cannot work at a relative speed of 30 mph should not be driving ...
I don't really agree with these calculations since the forces are mainly due to downforce; downforce is not related linearly with speed like you just stated in your figures
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