 Suspension for AWD drag racing |
 Oct 22 2003, 02:48 AM
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I've been meaning to post this for some time but keep forgetting. I've done a lot of searching on DSMtalk and others but have been finding mainly info on FWD or autocross set-ups.
What the consensus on the best suspension settings for drag racing. Obviously maximizing contact patch as far as camber, etc. But what about stiffness? As stiff as possible all the way around? Or some slack up front to minimize rebound after the initial backwards weight transfer shifts forwards again? I know the general comment is, "it's awd, it doesn't matter." But I'm not so sure there isn't a healthy amount of time to be shaved off from proper suspension work. It seems to pay dividends with the FWD and RWD guys, why not us? -------------------- |
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Oct 23 2003, 12:01 PM
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Been doing a little reading. What I came up with is that on some/most of the shocks out there the compression and rebound damping are essentially both adjustable. But what IS fixed on a lot/most shocks is the ratio between the two.
Meaning that on most shocks you can't for instance make the compression damping looser and the rebound stiffer. Looking up some of the Shock-teck stuff I found that part of what they do is take a Bilstein shock and fix the ratio of compression to rebound stiffness for a specific application. So when one is stiffened, so is the other in the same ratio. On the center dif, I should hav a couple of stock diffs around. If anyone wants one to weld on just let me know. -------------------- |
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KOU In3 Suspension for AWD drag racing Oct 22 2003, 02:48 AM
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