I have a similar question/concern, but I was a B student in high school physics so all this talk is still too much for me to process.
Morris (or someone else with this knowledge), can you please explain to me the effect on handling (lateral) and traction (straight line) I would experience if I relocated the upper rear shock mounts INWARD slightly? There are three mounting points in/out on a Superformance and my car presently utilizes the center hole. The inward hole is roughly 1/2-3/4" away.
I'm getting ready to install fatter rubber, and although my preliminary calculations do not indicate any interference between tire sidewall and coil-over,
IF I have to make an adjustment I would at least like to understand what effect this will have on lateral grip vs. straight line acceleration. My intuition tells me that the
flatter the shocks are set, the better the lateral grip will be but at the cost of straight line traction (i.e. less downforce/stability to handle the shock load of hard acceleration).
Am I on the right track?
Thanks,
-Dean