Suspension upgrade??
I have a suspension conundrum. I would like to minimize sway with the Bigfoot. No big issue on 2 trips...Maryland to Houston and Houston to Broken Bow, OK. But getting into some high winds out west co...
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jefe 4x4 wrote:
Emergency braking is one downside as it transfers weight to the front, flimsier suspension.
I think that part isn't accurate, the weight transfers on hard braking whether the front suspension is firm enough to resist squatting or not.
It's the same as the illusion that airbags or other rear suspension aids transfer weight back to the front end, when all they do is shove the rear axle back down away from the frame. The weight is still where it is.
I have actually tested this concept. I put one end of a car on a tow truck and the other end on a scale, then checked the weight as I moved the car from level to a pretty good tilt, maybe 15 degrees or more. There was no appreciable difference.
If you kept lifting until the car was at 45 degrees or more, sure it'd go up but within a relatively slight range of tilt, nada.
It's kinda' like the now-known-to-be-mistaken idea of 1960s "gasser" drag cars that sat nose-high to transfer more weight to the rear end for traction. It takes an extreme angle to really accomplish that.
