Steering arms... rethink

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gcdugas
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Joined: 19 Sep 2006, 21:48

Steering arms... rethink

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I remember when Honda went from a hidden steering arm (aligned with the wishbone) that they had in 2004-5 to the exposed steering arm, their cars sucked immediately. Now I know this was just a small factor among many but it seems that the 2009 Mac has also sucked and I think this could be a contributing factor. FWIW the Force India semi-clones are also slow.

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tahadar
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the RB5 also has these.
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9752/064 ... pa0cn9.jpg

...So i doubt the independent steering arm has much to do with the lack of performace mentioned above.

modbaraban
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Joined: 05 Apr 2007, 17:44
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BAR 007 (2005) sucked. The 2006 Honda was actually quite good.