Anyone read any good books on suspension/handling/setup for touring style cars or even front wheel drive?
Anyone read any good books on suspension/handling/setup for touring style cars or even front wheel drive?
Good luck, I found a couple of things on e-bay motors under "manuals & literature" subhead "racing suspension"
Also I found on e-bay motors manuals & lit. subhead specific cars, such as Neon, I found an interesting book on race setup for neons.
Gettin' old aint for wimps
What is the name of the book on race set ups for Neons.
Darryl Pritchett
ITA #92 Dodge Neon
2008 SE DP Champion
2010 CFL Region ITA Champion
https://improvedtouring.com...ighlight=books
a couple books are mentioned in that thread, I bought 2 or 3 have only gotten through the first.
Two ways to do it: Do what everybody else does, or learn how it all works and do some scientific experiments. First way is faster and cheaper, but you are always following somebody else, that likely followed someone else... 2nd way you can learn on your own and come up with more optimal solutions for your car and your driving style. Assuming doing it the latter way:
1. Get all the Carrol Smith books - Tune to win, race to win etc.
2. Race car engineering and mechanics - Paul Vaulkenburg
Get a tire pyrometer, learn how to use it and test, test, test... track days are best for that rather than at a race. There's no one perfect setup for all conditions and tracks.
I'll be doing some Neon racing this summer (24hrs of Lemons), so I'll figure some of it out this year.
Last edited by Spinnetti; 12-30-2009 at 06:30 PM.
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