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Old 09-24-2018, 05:24 PM   #567 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
If the CG is lower than the roll center, won't a car lean into a corner instead of outward?
The roll center is usually very low, so that is unlikely to happen. Lifting the roll center wouldn't make it track straight when going over bumps, so it has to be low.

The roll center can shift when the car corners, due to suspension geometry:
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