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02-05-2020, 04:34 PM | #12 | |
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02-05-2020, 05:03 PM | #13 | |
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Whats your thoughts on Watts link setup or 4 link for for non-offroad having done this? Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk |
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02-05-2020, 06:16 PM | #14 |
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02-05-2020, 06:20 PM | #15 | |
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Lately I've been doing equal street/ off road driving and the suspension is night and day to the leaf springs still. |
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02-05-2020, 07:15 PM | #16 | |
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02-05-2020, 09:35 PM | #17 | |
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02-05-2020, 10:36 PM | #18 | |
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If the tires have to support 800 pounds on the rear axle that's 400 pounds each tire. If there are 20 square inches (guessing on contact patch, but this is just for example) of surface area in contact with the ground, that's 20psi required (I'm simplifying this a little but 20 square inches X 20 psi = 400 lbs per tire). Now you lose 300 lbs on that axle, so it has 500 lbs to support, 250 per tire and you want the same ride so you need to inflate the tire to have the same contact area. So to have 20 square inches support the 250lbs you'd need 12.5 psi. In this scenario the tire wear pattern would be the same. If you left the tire at 20psi with the weight loss you would have a harsh ride and wear the center of the tire out sooner! There's more to ride roughness but a major component of the ride of a cart is the tire stiffness and the reduction of load on the tires means they don't need as much air pressure. |
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02-06-2020, 06:19 AM | #20 | |
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