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This stuff is a dark art, I have no idea how it works.
 
 
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[[File:Heheunderdumped.png|400px|link=https://www.quora.com/What-are-over-damped-critically-and-under-damped-systems|right|middle|thumb|Over, Under, and Critically Damped]]
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==Bump Stops==
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<span>Bump stops are ideally a primitive way to have progressive suspension rate, as well as stopping the car from bottoming out. Poorly designed, they raise the suspension stiffness significantly and cause severe over/understeer when hit on either respective end.</span>
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==The Shock Absorber/Damper==
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The Shock Absorber is commonly mistaken for absorbing shocks because of the American nomenclature, but it's actually the spring that absorbs shocks, and the Shock Absorber that dampens the spring, ideally preventing oscillation in the spring from bump and droop.
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==Types of Shock==
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<span>Gas filled, two-tube, external & internal</span>
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==Wheelbase==
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<span>Test full soft & hard, log tests, different drivers have different preferences, etc</span>
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<span><span>help, suspension guy, i beg of you</span></span>

Latest revision as of 20:31, 24 May 2020



Over, Under, and Critically Damped


Bump Stops

Bump stops are ideally a primitive way to have progressive suspension rate, as well as stopping the car from bottoming out. Poorly designed, they raise the suspension stiffness significantly and cause severe over/understeer when hit on either respective end.


The Shock Absorber/Damper

The Shock Absorber is commonly mistaken for absorbing shocks because of the American nomenclature, but it's actually the spring that absorbs shocks, and the Shock Absorber that dampens the spring, ideally preventing oscillation in the spring from bump and droop.

Types of Shock

Gas filled, two-tube, external & internal


Wheelbase

Test full soft & hard, log tests, different drivers have different preferences, etc

help, suspension guy, i beg of you