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Title: Effects of suspension mods on handling
Post by: Organisys on 12 February 2007, 12:21

Most of you will know this already, but here is a handy table of how suspension mods change the balance of a car.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_setup

Note 'Sway bar' is an ARB.

Title: Re: Effects of suspension mods on handling
Post by: tom26 on 12 February 2007, 12:37

that is handy! worth printing that one!

Title: Re: Effects of suspension mods on handling
Post by: Fielder on 12 February 2007, 13:12

handy, but its on Wikipedia, so im not going to treat is as gosple. :undecided:

Title: Re: Effects of suspension mods on handling
Post by: tom26 on 12 February 2007, 13:19

good point.

Title: Re: Effects of suspension mods on handling
Post by: Organisys on 12 February 2007, 13:29

Yeah Wiki can be dodgy, but the article doesn't seem to have been defaced, and it all makes sense.

Try here too
http://www.turnfast.com/tech_handling/handling_tuningtable.shtml

Title: Re: Effects of suspension mods on handling
Post by: tom26 on 12 February 2007, 16:40

ah... looks good too!

Title: Re: Effects of suspension mods on handling
Post by: ...joe on 12 February 2007, 17:14

Quote from: Fielder on 12 February 2007, 13:12

handy, but its on Wikipedia, so im not going to treat is as gosple. :undecided:

Quote from: tom26 on 12 February 2007, 13:19

good point.

true but forums are full of 'experts' as well....... :lipsrsealed:

Title: Re: Effects of suspension mods on handling
Post by: mk2mark on 12 February 2007, 18:55

That's good and all, but I wouldn't make any changes to a car based just on that article - it's accurate to a degree but it doesn't say anything about any of the other effects that you will experience changing those things. If it was that simple there wouldn't have been volumes of books written on the stuff :smiley:

Title: Re: Effects of suspension mods on handling
Post by: Organisys on 12 February 2007, 19:05

Yeah, it's a generalisation, every car is different etc.... but it does give people who are just thinking about suspension mods some pointers...