Your European "slowdown buildings" are generally called either "speed bumps" (4
inches or so in height and 8 inches or so in width) or "speed humps" (also
about 4 inches in height and up to several feet in width) here in the States.
I haven't personally had any problems with speed bumps/humps on my cars, though
all of them have 15" wheels with radials, 235/75/15 on the Imperial, 225/75/15
on the Riviera and Cordoba.
Neal Herman
1959 Imperial Crown
1972 Buick Riviera
1983 Chrysler Cordoba
On Fri, 17 May 2002 19:25:18 +0200 Philippe COURANT <accf_clb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi,
I wonder what could happen if the torsion bars are tightened more
than factory setting, i.e to compensate too low front height
(smaller tires than original). Possibility of breakage ? Lack of
driveability (and comfort..) ?
I ask this question because my car has radial WWW tires (225-75 x
14) and they have 2" less height than original bias 9.50 x 14.
So the car is 1" lower than original and i sufferd from some
problems when i run on "slowdown buildings" (don't know the exact
word and don't know if you have these things in USA: it's a
cemented round obstacle through the road, 4 to 6 inch height, so
you have to slow down the car to 10 to 20 mph if you want to
cross it without a big jump !). These obstacle are common in
every small towns in France, because drivers cross these towns at
too high speed.
Problem for my Imperial is that it has a longer wheelbase than
european cars ! When the front wheels go down this damned *^"!°
(not all, because majority are enough long) the rear wheels
haven't began to climb the beginning so the middle of the car
(exhausts..) scrapes the cement. I don't have the problem with
the '58 Bui*k, it is higher than the Imperial.
I know also that all the fellows who have Corv*"te, Trans'*m,
Cama"%o etc have still more problems than me: they must cross
the obstacle crosswise ! And even the modern cars which have
spoilers...
--
Philippe COURANT (Pau, France)
Imperial 57 Crown convertible
Buick 58 Roadmaster sedan
- American Car Club de France (ACCF) : http://www.accf.com
- Chrysler Imperial France : http://www.ifrance.com/c-i-f
- Cadillac " Standard of Excellence " :
http://www.ifrance.com/accf-cad
- SportsCars : http://www.ifrance.com/accf-sprtcar
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