I would venture to say that anyone on this site understands that there is not going to be One correct answer to each item listed. But there has to be a narrow range of good and a much wider range of bad to the list of items mentioned that started this thread.
Roll center location and migration specs. in dive and roll
Roll center to center of gravity relationship
Caster
Camber
Camber gain per inch of travel
Caster gain per inch of travel
Ackerman for a given steering input
Bump steer ( amount of toe in or out per unit travel)
King Pin angle
Scrub radius
Anti-dive
Ideal amount of body roll to design for at max lateral-g
And even if that range is wide than the discusson and opinions that will follow will be interesting and may educate and enlighten. This is a black magic area to most beginners and as you learn more about suspension design and function you will realise that it is less black magic but requires a whole lot of knowlege and understanding of a very dynamic system. So I hope some of you more educated suspension guys will lift the magic spell and throw out your opinions and points of veiw for the rest of us to learn form.
That Acme Road Atlanta Car could go from having a 1969 camaro front clip and be upgraded to a C6 set up and we discuss what changed and/or improved as a result.
