How Spring And Shock Setups Worked On Early Race Cars. Explore how early race cars used springs and shock absorbers to ...

Every modification in the custom car industry goes through a maturing process. The technology is refined, heavily critiqued, and maybe if the modification is lucky, the public will approve and it gets ...

Road racers talk about camber gain, roll center, and Ackerman. Drag racers talk about instant center, anti-squat, and pinion angle. Although these are all important factors in maximizing lateral and ...

This brand-new air spring won’t need much attention until it’s worked for many miles and its rubber bag ages through contact with the elements. Its operating range is 40 to 100 psi. Photo: ContiTech ...

Your truck sits dead level all week. Then you drop a gooseneck on the ball, or load the bed for a job, and the back end ...

Most of us are aware of the newer setups being run in both asphalt and dirt racing these days. Many of us are experimenting with trying variations of softer front springs combined with either ...

Jeff Smith: It depends on how close we are on the setup when we get there. We generally have three areas we go to to tune. We go to the right-front spring, the Panhard bar or the top bar on the left ...

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"Today's sportbikes offer ... suspension componentry that's better than what frontline Superbikes had less than a decade ago. The downside is that the myriad spring and damping adjustments can be ...

Ryan Cleek rides the Ohlins TTX 22 M coil shock on his Specialized Stumpjupmer, adding to the debate of coil vs air mountain bike shocks. Five years ago, if someone asked me if I’d prefer to run a ...