What Shocks Do
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i can see it is a tough job to find an acceptable middle ground of what level of detail to provide in such overview as it really depends of an intended target audience. from what i think - people do not really understand usually how all those components inside of the shock work together with springs and what are the dependencies there, so, perhaps a couple of sentences describing whole system would help.
ps. i mean 'compression is set very stiff' is obvious for those who spent some time understanding it but if it is a high level article it may easily confuse.
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Larry, one thing I don't understand and I'm hoping you will chime in. When a car has understeer, then you usually hear "soften the front bar" or "soften the shocks". Or if there is oversteer, you usually hear "soften that end of the car". So my question is, why are stiffer springs used to improve traction if softening the other adjustments works to improve traction? It seems like a contradiction.
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Larry, one thing I don't understand and I'm hoping you will chime in. When a car has understeer, then you usually hear "soften the front bar" or "soften the shocks". Or if there is oversteer, you usually hear "soften that end of the car". So my question is, why are stiffer springs used to improve traction if softening the other adjustments works to improve traction? It seems like a contradiction.
In an aero car, VERY stiff springs are an advantage as it maintains the ride height - critical to making downforce.