Slope scope: rake changes on a Ligier

Our LMP3 aero study concludes with ride height adjustments

The stand-out parameters that were most enhanced by the addition of rake were the car’s front downforce and the overall downforce We have been fortunate enough to spend some time in the MIRA full-scale wind tunnel with one of RLR Motorsport’s Ligier LMP3s recently. Team principal Nick Reynold’s objective for the session was ‘to find the most efficient way down the straights’, a somewhat different emphasis to most of our sessions where we are generally chasing total downforce and best balance. However, it seems that as the cars have been set up at the various tracks that LMP3 races on, the Ligier has developed more drag than the opposition, and RLR wanted to address this issue while preserving or improving balance and overall efficiency. In the previous two issues we examined the…

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Racecar Engineering (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2018

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