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Re: Suspension balance

To: Mike Causer <mikec@cam-ani.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Suspension balance
From: Tor Hval <torhv@ifi.uio.no>
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 19:49:56 +0200 (MET DST)
> > Our elan was by the PO set very hard at the front and
> > soft at the rear. When we tried to bounce the car at front,it hardly
> > moved, but at the rear it moves quite a bit.
> 
> That's more likely to be the damper setting than the springs.
Okay, that seems resonable, the only snag then, seems to be the job to
adjust the rear dampers ;(. 

> I think you need more comprehensive information than you can get by asking
> questions one at a time.
> 
> The most accessible books on the subject of suspension tuning are Carroll
> Smith's :
>   Prepare to Win   ISBN  0850458048
>   Tune to Win      ISBN  0850458080
>   Engineer to Win  ISBN  0850456282
> 

Well, Rod has already recommended them to me earlier today ;)
(So it seems likely that I have to order those books ;) )
But I thought I might as well ask on the list. 


Tor Hval <torhv@ifi.uio.no>


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