I'm curious to see what some of the more experienced guys think about this guy's site: http://farnorthracing.com/autocross_secrets.html
Yes, it's aimed more towards AWD cars, but many of the basics still apply.




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Wow! Thats the most technical autocross suspension elxplination I've seen available to the general public. I've been to seminars and classes that got that in-depth, but I've never seen it out in the open like this. Its too bad he didn't really put up ratio calculators and stuff for the people who don't understand what hes talking about (but they are available in plenty of Google searches).

Good points-

Excellent "Driver Effectiveness" description

DG wrote:A FWD has all of physics working against it.

Its too bad not every FWD driver realizes this.

The corner weight calculator is great!

Tire pressure info is very definetive and understandable (good thing, since its also very important).

DG wrote:Where there's no Bilstein fitment and Penskes are too expensive, Konis are usually perfectly adaquate. They are, by far, the best budget shock and better than any of the crap coming out of Japan. JIC, GAB, Tokiko, Tein - synonyms for "crap".

Amen.

All in all, I think this site would be best understood by someone who at least has a basic autocross background and is wanting to learn more about car setup. It could be a touch easier to understand for the beginner, but by the time they start getting into this type of thing, they should have already learned most of what hes talking about.