Correctly setting up Suspension, Anyone know how to do it? Options

[Nial]

I have been doing some research into setting up suspension correctly, I have worked out all the maths to calculate things like the roll centres, all 3 centres of gravity, spring rates, ride heights, sprung weight, unsprung weights, Roll bar rates and so on......... but now I dont know what to do with it...I can tell that the roll centres are X inches high, the locations of the centres of gravity, but whats the ideal? does anyone have any real world experience of setting up suspension on GT4s or any other car for that matter????

[azian_advanced]

i don't have any experience but i think you'll need some sort of dynamic simulation program and create a model with the chassis, suspension components and suspension points accurately designed to 'spec' including the centre of mass to calculate the stresses on the chassis and the reactions of the suspension based on various road conditions and driver input.. of course you'd have to optimize handling by adjusting the suspension and see how the model reacts in the simulation. that would be the best approach to figure out what the 'ideal' settings are for your application.. but would take weeks or even months to complete.

also, i'm interested in this 'data' if you care to share it with us..