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Springs
Shock angle
Front camber
Rear camber
Ride Height
Rear Toe-in
Front Toe-out
Gear-ratio
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Springs:
by using a softer spring you will have more sag, more chassis roll/lean,
more dive and a less responsive car this might be better on low-grip surfaces; by
using a harder spring you have less sag, less body lean, less dive and a more
responsive car. What to apply depends on driving style and grip-level surface. This
is more suitable on high-grip surfaces.
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Shock-angle:
the angle at which the shocks are mounted create a different
suspension feel; the more vertical, the harder it feels, the more horizontal, the softer
it feels.
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Oil:
the viscosity of the shock-oil defines the dampening of the shockabsorber.
Thinner oil will be softer, with slower response, thicker oil will be harder dampening
with faster reponse. The dampening can also be fine-tuned by fitting other pistons
with more or less holes, which is an optional.
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Differential:
you can make the gear differential harder or softer by using a different
oil viscosity. Lighter oil will create a looser diff which increases rear traction on
acceleration, but also more understeer , and a harder differential will decreases rear
traction on acceleration, but also more on-throttle steering
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Toe adjustment:
Front: adjusted with the track-rods, make longer or shorter. More
toe-in will create more steering, but less stability; toe-out will create a more stabile
car, with less steering.
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Toe adjustment:
Rear: adjusted with suspension blocks (optional).
More toe-in will create more traction, more stability, but less speed.
Less toe in will create a less stabile car, with less traction but higher speed.
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Front camber:
using more negative camber in the front will give you more steering
but also increases possible traction roll.
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Rear camber:
using more negative camber in the rear will create more grip in the
rear meaning also creating more understeer.
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Front caster:
use optional caster blocks to change caster, more caster will create
more steering but also increases possible traction roll. And less caster will create
less steering but also decreases possible traction roll.
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Wheel-base length:
a longer car will be more stabile and react slower, a shorter
car will be more nervous and more direct.
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Gear-ratio:
spur and pinion: for correct gearmesh keep a pieces of notebook paper
at hand, to put between the spur and pinion for correct mesh.
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Ride-height:
you can change the ride-height of the car, by applying more or less
pre-load on the springs, turn the pre-load adjusters to set the desired height and
keep left and right the same.
Basic tunning
