Competition Car Suspension: Design, Construction, Tuning
By addebook • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: Engineer •
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Competition Car Suspension: Design, Construction, Tuning
Competition Car Suspension: Design, Construction, Tuning
By A. Staniforth
Publisher: Haynes Publishing
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 1999-11-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 185960644X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781859606445
Binding: Hardcover
Competition car suspensions are a vital ingredient for winning performance. This third edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest developments and revolutionary changes in racing technology, and in the rules of racing. Staniforth explains the theory and practice of successful suspension engineering, and explores in an easy-to-understand and readable style how and why suspension systems work. Includes coverage of the banning of active suspensions. Updated & expanded 3rd ed.
Summary: waste of paper
Rating: 1
This book is pretty much garbage. Useless. A lot of generic ramblings with no substance whatsoever. It tells you very little about desing and setup of suspension. The only somewhat useful part if in the chapter about the shock absorbers, and even that is a reproduction of a Koni chart. The rest is, as I’ve said before, generic stories, about English formulas and Formula-1 of mid-80s. Which might be an entertaining reading but tells you nothing about how to develop the suspension for your car. Even if you race a formula car, there is nothing for you in this book, much less if you race a production car. Get a Puhn’s book instead if you’re interested in the suspension design.
Summary: priceless photos of race car suspentions
Rating: 5
This book was worth the purchase for the photographs within alone. It also gives you a great overview of suspentions, perfect for those that are interested but don’t want to be droned down by the specifics. It doesn’t really get into geomety, but thats where “tune to win” comes in handy.
Another good one is “race car engineering & mechanics” which goes into more detail and is probably a better book. I really love the pictures in this book though… If your planning on actually building a car you’ll still need “tune to win” along with either one. as for “Race Car Vehicle Dynamics” that ones still on the wish list($)…
Summary: Best techanical racecar design book I have read
Rating: 5
As a Mechanical Engineer and amateur sport car designer and racer, I found Allan’s book excellent!
I have read seven or eight design books and along with Costin’s 40 year old work, Len Terry’s 30 year old work and Fred Puhn’s book, Stanforth brings my collection into the 21st century.
Summary: Almost as good as the last…
Rating: 3
I already owned “High Speed, Low Cost” and “Race and Rally Car Source Book,” both by Staniforth, so when I saw this latest book I was excited. Both are really good, with the latter being very, very useful for designing your own race/sports car suspension.
Let me preface this with saying I’m interested specifically in chassis/suspension design so my comments are limited to that portion of the book. (Of course, since the title is about suspension disign, that’s pretty much the whole book.)
After reading his latest book, I felt let down by the lack of new information. I guess there’s only so much to automotive suspension design, yet assumed the new book would have “new” information, necessitating it’s publication; I just don’t see it.
My advice: If you don’t have any of his books, then get this one. It’s very good and includes everything from his previous works. But if you already have “Race and Rally Car Source Book,” don’t bother.
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Summary: Not the kind of book I thought it was…
Rating: 3
This book offers quite a bit of history on the progression of auto racing suspension and it talks about the differences between various suspension types. I was disapointed because I wanted a book that went into the details of tuning a suspension. This book didn’t do that for me. A good book if you’re not actually looking for information you can use in your car.
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