Suspension is a crucial component to having fun with cars, as it dictates so much in regards to a vehicle’s grip, feel, braking, and more. That’s why, less than two months and 1,500 miles into ...

American suspension tuner Fortune Auto has just released an interesting lowering spring system that will work on cars with adaptive dampers, namely the U.S.-spec Honda Civic Type R and Toyota Supra. I ...

This model simulates the mechanical behavior of a spring and damper system shown in Figure 14.80. Figure 14.80: Spring and Damper System Model A mass is hung from a spring with spring constant K. The ...

Shock absorbers are important for keeping your ride smooth and steady. Gas and hydraulic shock absorbers offer their own benefits and downsides.

Spring technology for damping is relatively old. Stagecoaches had leaf springs, early trains had large, crude, coil-spring buffers (to absorb shocks when cars bumped together) and early automobiles ...