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Originally Posted by Fabs
Try the other way round mate...
Lower RC = more roll = more side to side weight transfer
Higher RC = less roll = less side to side weight transfer
And to answer your question, lowering the RC via hinge pins height is not the same as lowering it via ball stud height. What you feel with the ball stud change is mainly the effect from the difference in camber change, not in roll centre height. Whereas when you move the pins up and down it's mostly roll centre height and not very much difference in camber change.
Hope that clears it.
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Not exactly. Think of it this way, if you had unlimited traction and replaced your shocks with turnbuckles, what would happen if you cornered too fast? Obviously the car rolls over. What happens when a car rolls over? The inside tire has no weight on it (because it's in the air), and the outside tire has all the weight on it.
Sure, this is an extreme example, but it shows the point. When the chassis can roll, the load on the inner and outer tires will stay relatively the same. When a car can't roll, the load decreases on the inside tire and increases on the outside tire as the car tries to tip over.