Chassis and suspension seminars!
Here is the information for the class!
I. Technical history of drag racing
A. Suspension violence
B. Tire designs
C. Transmission sciences
D. Chassis designs
E. Shock designs
II. Weight transfer
A. Wheel torque
B. Thrust
C. G-force
D. Amount of weight transfer
III. Center of Gravity
A. Forces acting on C/G
B. How to find C/G
IV. Chassis structure
A. Floor and framerails
B. Cage designs
C. How to diagnose flex
D. Differential housing
V. Choosing springs
A. Storing energy is a spring
B. Sprung and unsprung weight
C. Leverage ratios and motion ratios
D. Spring rate calculation
E. Leaf springs
VI. Shocks
A. How to read a shock graph
1. Force/displacement
2. Force/velocity
B. How a shock works
1. Twin tube
a. How to change fluid
2. Mono-tube
a. Effects of gas pressure
VII. Rear suspension
A. Ladder bars
B. Fourlinks
1. Instant center view
a. Drawing a map
2. Kinematics
a. Extra traction
b. Roll steer