As we all know, under braking, weight is transferred towards the front of the vehicle.
Is there any relationship between suspension geometry/centre of gravity and the transfer of weight to a particular point on the front of the car? To get an idea of where Im coming from, does the weight transfer appear at a point (or line) across the vehicle eg: the tire/road contact patch, or does this/can this point appear ahead or behind the front axle line? Or is there even such a thing?
I was thinking about brake efficiency, when it would be best to have all the transferred weight appearing on the front tyre/road contact patch, and not ahead or behind this.
I know there is anti-dive that 'locks up' the ball joints to put this transfer on the wheels, but can such a thing be measured?
Am have been wondering if there is some sort of vector diagram that could illustrate this, or am I in fairyland on this one?
Is there any relationship between suspension geometry/centre of gravity and the transfer of weight to a particular point on the front of the car? To get an idea of where Im coming from, does the weight transfer appear at a point (or line) across the vehicle eg: the tire/road contact patch, or does this/can this point appear ahead or behind the front axle line? Or is there even such a thing?
I was thinking about brake efficiency, when it would be best to have all the transferred weight appearing on the front tyre/road contact patch, and not ahead or behind this.
I know there is anti-dive that 'locks up' the ball joints to put this transfer on the wheels, but can such a thing be measured?
Am have been wondering if there is some sort of vector diagram that could illustrate this, or am I in fairyland on this one?