How much of the suspension failures are attributed to the shock design and how
much is the vibration from the engine to blame?
CR?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BOD,
I have just heard that this change was turned down even though there were over
42 drivers in favor of this improvement. I have been running F440/500's since
1982 and I have had multiple suspension failures at all four corners over these
many years where the supporting metal has broken completely with one particular
rear failure at speed that lifted the rear of the car 4 feet in the air (I was
looking straight down at the road!). My heart, needless to say, stopped
momentarily; to say that this kind of failure at speed is a SAFETY issue and
you DENY IMPROVING the suspension just stuns and flabbergasts me. I was there
in 1983 when the rubber puck suspension rule was first written in as a SAFETY
item. Were any of you around then and remember this? Do you also remember
during the discussions for this rule that the puck dimensions of 1" thick and
2" diameter were considered only a starting point - to be reviewed periodically
for the appropriateness only to be forgotten about !
all these 20 years until now - we are human and do forget! I urge you to
immediately reconsider your vote, remember that this is a SAFETY issue and vote
your conscience to help the F500 community. And last, do you want to risk going
on record denying this safety improvement when a suspension point metal failure
at 125 mph seriously hurts or even kills a F500 driver?
I await your response not your acknowledgement of receipt.
Jim Murphy
3R93012
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