Shock Tech

One of the first things you realize after your first day on a racetrack is that OEM shocks aren’t going to cut it. If...

Damper Tuning

As you drive a corner, your control inputs are constantly transitioning so that you can swing your car’s acceleration vector around at the right...

Chassis Tuning With Dampers – A hard look at shock absorbers and their effects...

When the suspension moves, the shock absorber is designed to control movements of the suspension and chassis, working in conjunction with the springs. The...

How to Install Extended Ball Joints in a Spec Miata

Before the rules changed, the only way to get more negative camber from the front suspension on a Spec Miata was to lower the...

Half-Ton Plus – Adding helper springs can make towing to the track a bit...

At one time, a half-ton truck was plenty capable for towing a racecar to and from the track. Then the open trailer became an...

Wheel Hop – Causes, Effects and Cures

Standing starts are hard on a car, and there are a few NASA classes that begin races that way. A standing start is even...

Up in the Air – Lifting a Toyota Tundra without sacrificing practicality or towing...

Lots of people love lifting their trucks and adding huge tires. It looks great, but it destroys much of its practicality, specifically when used...

Pop Goes the Weasel

Pulling the shock hats off production cars can be dicey. People have lost fingers doing it, but it’s not terrible on the factory shocks...

Bushing Science

We all know what suspension bushings do. But beyond replacing stock rubber bushings with polyurethane models, what is the science behind these parts? What...

HPDE46: Front Sway Bar Links

Here’s a quick project that will noticeably perk up the handling on an E46, one of the most popular platforms in NASA racing and...

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