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Originally Posted by aiur55
Thanks for the article. I am interested in learning more.
How would I go about choosing the correct spring rate and damping I want? Are there certain characteristics of the car I should be looking out for?
I would be pretty hard and expensive to test out many set ups. How would I know approximately what kind of setup to go with?
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Agreed with @
Captain Snooze that establishing a budget is the honest step 1.
Step 2 is deciding what
kind and what size tire you plan on using. This plays a big part in step 3, which is deciding how hardcore you want to be. Do you want to set track records with hoosiers? Do you want to drive your car daily? Do you drive on the crappy beat up roads of Baltimore city like me and need something that can handle both that and the track? Again, you can do a lot of things with an excellent shock, but that goes back to step 1...the budget.
There are MANY other factors...wings and aero for example. But budget and tire choice are the main things.
As for damping, that gets a bit more complicated. You'll sometimes see phrases like 65% critically damped thrown around. If that scares you, take a step back. If not...I'd encourage you to do a LOT of reading.
It gets fun but nerdy.
- Andy