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Physics question - how do our cars make it over speed bumps?

Old 08-19-2014, 03:16 PM
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Ha, touché. Great image to actually make both points very clear. I'm in agreement with you on the speedbump concern, just making a point on the effects of the relative speed according to what the wheel would actually see.
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Originally Posted by powderlvr
But from the discussion it sounds as though they receive just as much torque as the faster-moving front wheels.

-JT
No. They receive more torque, but not all of it.
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