The definitive suspension thread

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by The Gorilla

Hi,

The other Big aspect is personal driving
styles, one likes what another dislikes and so
on.

I personally like a Car with Oversteer dialled
in at the start so the deeper in you go,
the more neutral it gets, others would hate it.

There never has been nor will there ever
be a Suspension for both worlds, Road and
Track, and the more adjustability your Track /Race
suspension has the more you start killing
it everytime you drive on the road, and nice
compliant road suspension wanders and rolls
way to much on Race Track Asphalt, where suspension loads
and lateral G Forces want to rip out the std bushings
as quickly as possible.

No free lunch.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

Danny,
That is most certainly true about roundy roundy tracks, where race-car style spring and damper rates would wipe the floor with a road biased set up. Fortunately, I'm not looking for that kind of suspension for the CSL, as although I do use it for the occasional UK track day, the Cossie is far more suited for that kind of track work.

For the CSL I'm trying to find a good suspension set up that will work at the 'ring and due to the bumps that this circuit has, a more road biased set-up actually works quite well, hence the research.

I also would ideally like to avoid multi-adjustable suspension for the reasons you and Daz mention, as you can just end up chasing your tail round and round. The lack of adjustment on the CSL has not been missed - its actually nice to only have tyre temps / pressures to worry about (and with the Cups, you just seem to drop them to 26psi and then forget about them until it is time to drive home LOL) .

I'm not chasing times - just looking for something that will compliment the CSL's chassis .