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A,A, kind of B/C

David Bell wrote:

> I've been completely addicted to GPL since bringing it home from E.B. a
> few weeks ago. One small detail still bothers me tho... Maybe I'm being
> a bit anal about this, but I'm the type of person who wants to know
> exactly how something works...
>
> So, here are my questions... hopefully, someone at Papyrus will be able
> to answer them...
>
> 1. Ride Height: If I set the front (or rear) ride height to 2.5
> inches,    does that mean that:
>         A. There is 2.5 inches of suspension travel before the
>            bottom of the car scrapes the track.
>
>         B. There is 2.5 inches of suspension travel before the
>            suspension hits the bump rubbers.
>
>         C. Something else... if so, please explain.
>
> 2. Bump Rubbers: If I set the front (or rear) bump rubber to 1.5
> inches,    does that mean that:
>         A. The piece of rubber itself is 1.5 inches long
>
>         B. The suspension will hit the rubber when the bottom of the car           is
> 1.5 inches from hitting the track
>
>         C. Something else... if so, please explain.
>
> 3. Hypothetical setup: The front ride height is set at 1 inch, the
> front    bump rubber at 1.5 inch. Does this mean that:
>
>         A. The suspension can compress 1 inch then hits the rubber
>            while the bottom of the car is still 1.5 inches from the
>            track surface. At rest in this case, the bottom of the
>            car would actually be sitting 2.5 inches from the track.
>
>         B. The car would sit with its bottom 1 inch from the track,
>            but the 1.5 inch bump rubber raises it up an inch, and
>            the car is riding on the rubber full time.
>
>         C. Something else... if so, please explain.
>
> Sorry to bring this up yet another time, but if i didn't thoroughly love
> GPL I wouldn't be so interested in knowing...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> David

