How load transfer plays out at the start of a corner and why it’s vital to understand exactly what a car‘s doing during these first few metres.
Category: Racecar Engineering
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The No Way Transfer
Righting the wrongs about load transfer.
Load Transfer
Understanding the ‘necessary evil’ and how and why it is detrimental to performance.
Bar Talk
Explaining the process used to determine anti-roll bar stiffness.
Magic Numbers
Determining anti-roll bar stiffness using delta values.
Spring Brake
Understanding damping ratios and the notion of critical damping.
Of Springs and Dampers
The meaning and usefulness of suspended mass natural frequency numbers.
On the Throttle
OptimumG’s data master expands our knowledge of data analysis techniques.
Suspension Stiffness
Knowing your suspension goals is one thing, determining what stiffness values are required is another thing altogether.
Loaded questions
OptimumG’s series on tuning springs and dampers continues with an explanation of the importance of tyre load variation