Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Shock Tuning

A couple good articles on adjustable tuning adjustable dampeners. Good read!

http://www.ozebiz.com.au/racetech/theory/shocktune.html
http://www.ozebiz.com.au/racetech/theory/shocktune1.html

I think this paragraph says it all -
If the weight movement is helpfull, stiffen that shock (or shocks). This will speed up the weight transfer. If the weight movement is in the wrong direction, soften that shock (or shocks). This will delay the weight transfer. For road racing, we change both front and/or both rear shocks so that the car behaves the same for RH & LH corners.

If some of the concepts there confuse you, some more background on weight transfer might help -
http://www.turnfast.com/tech_handling/handling_weightxfr.shtml

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