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Yep! The tires are actually designed to do that. It really helps to prevent things from snapping by absorbing some of the shock when the cars drop the clutch or
by Unklejoe 9y ago
Yep! The tires are actually designed to do that. It really helps to prevent things from snapping by absorbing some of the shock when the cars drop the clutch or let go of the trans brake.
- grkvlt 9y agoSo the tires are acting like torsion springs then?
- andyjsong 9y agoIt increases the footprint of the tire at the start, giving the car more grip. Here is a video: https://youtu.be/-VF0JwxQqcA?t=10m42s https://youtu.be/-VF0JwxQqcA?t=10m42s
- grkvlt 9y agoThanks, that's really interesting - there's some amazing technology going into what I had previously assumed was a fairly boring static (modulo the rotation, of course) component of these vehicles.