A1 Custom shortened axles?

[Dead Skunk]

Bill Miller
In one of your posts to this thread you mention the 5" minimum ride height. Do you actually run the car that low? Doesn't it screw up the roll center height?

Warren Martin
#27 ITB Golf

[Bill Miller]

Warren,

Yes, going to the 5" ride height limit allowed in IT screws up the front roll center of an A1 VW due to LCA angle.

OFC,

First off, sorry to hear about your car. Second, glad that you're ok. Cars can be fixed/replaced, it's not so easy w/ people.

Like Bildon, I have a problem w/ the "if it bothers you, protest it" attitude. In an ideal world, we'd all be stand-up people, and the thought of using something illegal in our cars would never enter the conversation. But, we live in this world, and point of fact is that some people will do whatever it takes for them to win, even if it's not legal.

To claim that the use of a part because it really doesn't provide a performance advantage (but does give you a more favorable maint. interval) is rationalization, nothing more. And to take the "if you don't like it, protest it", to me indicates that it doesn't bother you, and that you tacitly approve of violating the rules.

We all have to play by the same rules. Some of us may not like some of them, but that doesn't mean that we can ignore them. To bully someone into not protesting certain things because they are viewed as 'trivial', or 'chicken-shit' advances the whole idea of 'degrees' of illegality. And this directly leads to rules creep.

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