The Sports Car & Kit Car Suspension & Brakes High-Performance Manual

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Item # MB-42079  ISBN: 9781845842079




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When it comes to suspension systems and handling, there's plenty of advice available but, unfortunately, much of it is bad, incomprehensible or outdated.

This books explains how you can adjust and modify your car's suspension, steering and brakes to make it handle and brake well.

Author Des Hammill is an engineer with much practical experience of solving fast road car and racing car suspension problems, and this book is a distillation of his accumulated knowledge, which he passes on to the reader in a jargon-free and understandable manner.

Although much of the advice in this book is applicable to any type of suspension system, it is aimed at improving the handling of two-seater sports cars and kit cars.

Specifically, the book deals with suspension systems comprising wishbones/A-arms at the front and wishbones/A-arms/trailing arms (independent or live axles) at the rear, coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Using this book & essential information
• The chassis
• Ride height
• Suspension geometry
• Springs and shock absorbers
• Negative camber, castor, & kingpin inclination
• Ackerman angles, toe-in, toe-out, bump steer & anti-roll bars
• Rear suspension
• Brakes
• Setting up the car
• Vehicle testing & adjustments

How to build and modify | Applies to all factory sport cars, home-built specials and kit cars with wishbone front suspension, coil springs, telescopic shock absorbers, and wishbone or trailing arm independent or live axle rear suspension.

The Sports Car & Kit Car Suspension & Brakes High-Performance Manual