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8th April 2019, 19:20 #5611
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This is not true at all, oh God...
The suspension layout of the two cars can not be more different within the existing rules. Polo R5 suspension is based on the concept of Fabia S2000 not the R5 which is completely different and I believe that one of the reasons why it is different was to get rid of the power steering issues.
It's a simple fact that the higher castor the higher forces in the steering hence why steering issues are well known with most of the cars with so heavily inclined front struts.Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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8th April 2019, 19:29 #5612
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Μirek imho when they said that they are identical,they dont mean the tie rod ends ,but just the mechanism of steering.
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8th April 2019, 19:38 #5613
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That doesn't make sense either.
Everything in the motorsport is pushed to the limit and if there are much lower forces in the steering of the Fabia (which is what I believe in) its steering for sure wasn't designed for completely different force values in a car to come years later.
Also we know that the steering rack ratio and the feeling from the steering in both cars is very different (and ironically it feels lighter in Polo, i.e. the power steering pump is most likely reasonably stronger).Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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8th April 2019, 20:13 #5614
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9th April 2019, 11:00 #5615
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For me the most interesting is why it was not happening during so long test phase...
And first thing they did was to issue Bulletin that rebuild period of the rack is lowered from 2000 to 1000kms... but most issues happened way before that limit...
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9th April 2019, 15:54 #5616
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What is the 'suspension grid' that the article talks about? I'm guessing a poor Google translation.
Perhaps one advantage of Skoda having run a works team with their cars is that issues are found and solved quicker. The Polo debuted, what, six months ago?.. so should be over teething troubles by now.
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9th April 2019, 18:44 #5617
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Seems to me VW were so confident in their testing that they were happy to let customers buy and run their cars in competition without having done so themselves.
And as we know in rally, testing is one thing but competition is another.
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10th April 2019, 16:00 #5618
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Well, they did one, many tests were also quite thorough, running until its axle falls apart etc.
Last edited by Tarmop; 10th April 2019 at 17:24.
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10th April 2019, 18:37 #5619
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10th April 2019, 18:48 #5620
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