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Suspension setting ..... and braking.
Any recommendations, as I need to do some research, but it needs to pertinent to the TVR, not a F1 car !
It's time to work on the Griffiths handling and I want to base some of that on mathematics, and not just 'that feels alright' ....
Any recommedations gratefully received ....
Any recommendations, as I need to do some research, but it needs to pertinent to the TVR, not a F1 car !
It's time to work on the Griffiths handling and I want to base some of that on mathematics, and not just 'that feels alright' ....
Any recommedations gratefully received ....
For a book to tell you the basics How to Make Your Car Handle by Fred Puhn is a good start.
However if you are prepared to go into more depth about suspension then Tune To Win by Carroll Smith is very good. Most of what he says applies to single seaters but suspension principles are all the same what ever the vehicle. In fact all his books are very good. I learnt more from his books on suspension and car preperation than any one else.
If in doubt borrow the books from the libaray before buying. In the age of the internet it is easy to forget that your local libaray can get you any book.
John
www.beardmorebros.co.uk if you want to see what he taught me!
However if you are prepared to go into more depth about suspension then Tune To Win by Carroll Smith is very good. Most of what he says applies to single seaters but suspension principles are all the same what ever the vehicle. In fact all his books are very good. I learnt more from his books on suspension and car preperation than any one else.
If in doubt borrow the books from the libaray before buying. In the age of the internet it is easy to forget that your local libaray can get you any book.
John
www.beardmorebros.co.uk if you want to see what he taught me!
Carroll Smith. He's got a great style of writing that reflects his reputation of telling it straight. On the same front, you could try Competition Car Suspension by Allan Staniforth which covers the main points well.
The bible in this area is Race Car Vehicle Dynamics by Milliken & Milliken, but that really is heavy going!
Edited to add: Saw your Morris Minor at Formula Student this year jwb - very impressive indeed!
>> Edited by Frik on Sunday 10th October 20:58
I've thought along similar lines for my Griff. The thing is unless you are prepared to redesign the suspension there is very little you can do other than ride height/spring rates/dampers. Tune to Win is excellent (even has a cardboard cut-out of a double wishbone suspension so you can see how it all moves about!) I echo the other recommendations to read that (and Drive to Win too).
Garry I agree with your comments and there are obvious restrictions on how far you can take a car's suspension before you need to replace it with something different. However, I want to truly understand the affect the relationship of ARB's and whether there are any improvements I can seek from there. In addition I want to investigate the relationship between the angles of the suspension set up and what other tweaks may help.
There are many defficiences with the Griffith suspension, but essentially it should work well ...... I will never realize it to it's maximum as it is mainly a road car, however, let's see what we can do !!
Thanks all for your suggestions.
There are many defficiences with the Griffith suspension, but essentially it should work well ...... I will never realize it to it's maximum as it is mainly a road car, however, let's see what we can do !!
Thanks all for your suggestions.
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