Here's the procedure: After scaling the car, remove the right side scales. Attach a chain to any point
on the chassis, extend it out horizontally to the right, and attach it to something sturdy. Next, jack up the left side of
the car, shorten the chain, and ease the car back onto the scales. Note the two scale readings. Next, repeat this procedure with
the chain attached at two other points, located at different heights from the shop floor and at different points along the
wheelbase (the further apart the better). Plug the values into the following table, click on the "Display" button, and
the results will appear below.
(May 5, 2007. The following paragraphs of explanation were somehow lost for a time. I apologize for the confusion.)
The Y pulls must be at three different points on the wheelbase and at three different chain heights.
The values input for "center of gravity height," "original RF scale," and "original
RR scale" are not used in the caculations
of roll center height and roll stiffness distribution.
The answers are at the bottom of the page. Click the "Display" button to refresh after
changing table values.
The coefficients, near the bottom of the page, are for an expression which allows more
direct calculation of the wheel
loads during cornering, eliminating the need to use roll center heights or a roll stiffness
distribution. The expression is
of this nature:
change in front wheel loading, as a percentage of chain tension = (Ax + By + C)
where "x" and "y" are the coordinates of the chain location with an origin at the rear
tire patch, "x" being positive forward
and "y" being positive upward.
The lower case coordinates are for the equivalent relationship for the rear wheels.
Simply substitute the CG coordinates
and the total weight for the equation coordinates and chain tension as a preliminary step
in calculating wheel loads in
a 1G corner.
The "handling parameter," at the bottom of the page, is of very questionable significance.
I'm merely tracking it for information
purposes.
