moving the shocks

[turbo_brick]

On this picture of the worlds car they have mounted the shocks infront of the wishbones, anyone done this and what effect did it have???

[RogerM]

Opinion is divided on this however the majority of people do seem to believe that having the shocks behind the wishbone is of benefit.

I personally believe that this is due to the way the forces on the wheel give rise to torsion in the wishbones (which are realy symetrical) and thus effecting the performance of the shock (shocks on rear of wishbones being better).

Others say its a weight related thing.

I was having this discussion at the weekend with Jonathan from Atomic Carbon, Craig Harris and Mick Doughty ..... I think we all agree that rear mounted shocks are better over stuttery bumps and land better on bit hits.

I am sure 20,000 people will disagree though...

[Lee]

Originally Posted by turbo_brick

On this picture of the worlds car they have mounted the shocks infront of the wishbones, anyone done this and what effect did it have???

Erm.... i think they just did it because everyone else was doing it, just look at they layout and you will see thats a copy too

[SimonW]

I tried it a while ago only moved the shocks as turning the wishbone shortens the wheelbase a bit and, it was a bit better in the corners rotation wise (more) and it was worse at high speed with alot of power, the back was even more bouncy and difficult to keep in line on any sort of bump. I think it jumped a little better (flatter) as more weight is over the front. HTH

[DanW]

I might change my shocks to be infront of the tower.... just because I hate having to cut notches out of wings.