I have across a interesting suspension analysis that seemed to be real thorough, but much of the data was based on or derived from this graph:
The author admits that this graph is from one specific type of tire (a rather old one) but he suggests that most tires are similar enough to use this data.
My question is what variables could change this graph and how would it change?
I expect that a narrow tire would have a narrower curve (a steeper drop off of traction above 0 and below -3), and that tires with more flexible sidewalls might have a wider area of traction at the top of the curve, tires of a stickier compound would simply bump the graph up to higher G’s
These are all guesses but if anyone good info on this I’d love to study it a bit more. Especially if anyone knows what would move the entire graph to the left or right, in other words, in what situation or environment would more or less camber provide with more grip?
I would also think that tread pattern design would have a lot to do with the curve of the graph also. Shitty tread pattern on the inside of the tire is definitely going to affect grip in the -2* and lower section of the graph
