Suspension and Handling Links
 

Mazdaspeed Motorsports Compete twice a year and have factory support direct from Mazda!

Inside Racing Technology Don't forget to look at his books!

Racecar Engineering The best magazine ever!

Grassroots Motorsports If you don't read it, you probably should

The Physics of Racing by Brian Beckman Explanation of vehicle and tire dynamics

Drive to Win by Carroll Smith Book about competition driving.

Going Faster: Mastering the Art of Race Driving This is the 3 day Skip Barber driving program as a book!

Tune to Win by Carroll Smith Book about competition chassis and suspension setup.

Engineer to Win by Carroll Smith Book about competition car design and fabrication.

The Racing and High Performance Tire A new in depth book by Paul Haney that is full of info about the modern racing tire.

The Top 10 Driving Mistakes I see #1 all the time. Find out what else you're doing wrong!

Everything about Brakes by Grassroots Motorsports A must read!

ABS Brakes.A great article that explains how and why ABS braking systems work. Written by a Bosch ABS system engineer.

Shocks and handling by Grassroots Motorsports An article about how shocks and their behavior effect your car's handling.

Explanation of Brake Fluid Differences DOT what? This article explains the differences between DOT 3, 4 and 5.

Brake System White Papers Technical brake system articles from your friends at StopTech.

Everything about Sway Bars by Grassroots Motorsports The second must read!

Understanding Corner Weights by Grassroots Motorsports A short, informative article on a much misunderstood topic.

Grassroots Motorsports Tech Page After you read the ones above, read the rest!

Dynamic Load Transfer Load transfer explained

Smithees Race Tech Some great tech articles about weight transfer, shocks, springs and suspension geometry.

Whiteline Automotive FAQ Excellent FAQ's on springs, shocks, coilovers, swaybars etc. They address what matters without getting too technical.

Max Cooper's FD rear suspension pillowball replacement How to replace your rear pillowballs with simple hand tools.

Jimlab's How-To on suspension bushing replacement How to replace your suspension bushings with an affordable hydraulic press.

Brake & Front End .com Lots of great info in the archives that can help you with suspension questions such as "What really happens when my car gets aligned?"

Racecar Vehicle Dynamics Advanced book about all aspects of vehicle handling. (Thanks to TwoFun)

The Shock Absorber Handbook by John C. Dixon An advanced book about the design and tuning of modern shock absorbers.

Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics by Thomas D. Gillespie Advanced book; just as the title says.

Double Clutching The how and why of double clutching.

Shock (Damper) Tuning Explained Some theory behind shock adjustments (keep in mind some of this is geared towards oval racing).

Trailer hitch for FD Part numbers, hitch install info, trailer info and pics.Damian's FD hitch install

2006 SCCA Autocross Rules and Classing The entire rulebook is now online!

Gearing Calculator The Race Technology Gear Calculator will calculate vehicle speeds in the different gears at various engine speeds, as well as calculating the rolling circumference of the tyres and rev drops when changing gears.

William Mitchell Software Lots of software available for the hardcore racer. Software available for suspension geometry, gearing, lap simulation, data analysis and other dynamic simulations.

Aero Drag and Rolling Resistance CalculatorThis tool will calculate the aerodynamic CD and Rolling Resistance of a vehicle by performing deceleration tests.

Eng-Tips Forums A UBB forum catering to engineering specialties with seperate boards for automotive topics. A wealth of information from some people who really are rocket scientists. Highly recommended.

Wheelspecs.com This is by far the most informative wheel page I have seen. Sizes, (some) weights and pics for just about any wheel you can think of!

Wheelweights.net Another page of wheel weights

The official FC wheel fitment thread A thread containing discussion of wheel fitments available for the FC.

gfelber's list of FD wheel fitments A thread from gfelber that lists most of the wheel fitments available for the FD.

jimlab's FD wheel and tire size worksheet A great tool to help with correct wheel and tire fitments for the FD.

The Tire and Wheel Bible Just as the name says. All the info you want in one place; great site. Thanks to maxcooper.

Chassis and Suspension Tech Articles! A wealth of knowledge is featured in this UBB forum! Features many chassis topics from Mark Ortiz along with Brian Beckman's Physics of Racing series of articles. When you get serious, this is the place to read up.

Racing Articles.com Lots of different topics here. Most articles are short on wordiness and long on first hand info.

Brake Tech articles from www.rpmnet.com A good companion to the GRM Everything About Brakes article. This one offers more background info on various components in the brake system.

The Truth about ignition wire conductors Not suspension tech but an interesting read nonetheless.

Torque and Power Not a suspension tech article either but a great article discussing a widely misunderstood topic.

"Race Car Vehicle Dynamics" by William F.Milliken. SAE book used in many universities as text . I call it " the bible". you are not serious enough if you don't have this one.

For upgrade/part info:

http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/suspension.html


For how-to/installation info:

http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/h...ellaneous.html

Cheers,

Steve

Tech tips from Longacre/Racer Parts Wholesale (various topics)

http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/longtech.htm

all sorts of crazy motoring stuff
 

http://autozine.kyul.net/technical_s...tech_index.htm

dunno bout all of u but this really helped explain how cars handle to a n00bs like me

http://www.e30m3performance.com/tech...h_articles.htm

his articles arent limited to m3s...some of it is pretty general

wow. information galore. thanks....:)

This is great stuff. Thank you gentlemen.

Quite a few new things added the past few months, check back if you haven't been here in a while.

I fixed a couple links that were no good anymore. If anyone ever happens to notice a linked site doesn't exist any longer please PM me and let me know. Thanks.

great stuff in here damon, thanx

Most of the grass roots links are dead, just to let you know, but thanks for the info!

Grassroots Motorsports revamped their web site. All the GRM links were broken but now the articles are back on the site and I've fixed the links.

As always let me know when you find links in the list that don't work.

Thanks.

bookemarked!

Wow
 

Insane info... so nice to see some of the members willing to share THE SECRETS with us... but not the PRECIOUS!!! Cheers BUD!

Thanks for the post. Really who needs quality, I thought all Rx-7's need to be slammed.

Thanks for the links!

I would like to add a link.

While this pertains to off roading its dealing with geometry and the physics of coilover suspension making it universal if you understand the concepts. It also gives you formulas for calculating spring rate...wheel rate..suspension frequency...etc..you can use these to reach your own goals even if they are not off roading.

Coilover Bible part 1

The most comprehensive, and extensive single resource I have found to date

i need help on fc suspension upgrades.. im missing parts and i dont know what they are.. any help?

love the cash of info

Great stuff...:nod:

Fantastic, my amazon account will get a workout.

was curious, do they make coil overs for the 1st gens?? been out the 1st gen scene for awhile an was curious if anyone knew.

great links!!
 

this is awesome, more info then i ever needed on handling and suspension!:icon_tup:

Yes! Lots of great stuff is being built by www.Re-speed.com

Check them out. :)




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Wow abunch of great stuff on this thread