QUOTE(advocado @ Feb 11 2011, 12:03 PM)
Can someone explain the effects of front/rear spring rate, damping extension & compression relative to understeer/oversteer?
I hear the higher you set the front than the rear car become more understeer while setting back lower than front makes it more oversteer.
But I don't really understand. As the lower the rear extension is set, the more weight transfer to the outside of the car, while lower the rear compression, further weight is transfered to the outside rear wheel as it compress more, thus leaving the ouside wheel having more weight than the inside, which in turns create wheel spin thus oversteer, but if follow guide turning rear low makes it understeer instead.
actually i also quite confuse about damper settings
i see extension as how much the spring extend, the higher the number the lower the extension rate, while compression is opposite, it is how much the suspension can compress, the higher the number the harder it move and stiffer
if you set all damper settings to high, your suspension will be very stiff, while the opposite will become less stiff
if you think like this, while cornering, the rear wheel at the outside will have a lot of weight acting on it, pressing the tyres to the ground and increase traction, thus less wheel spin and more grip, if rear too much grip then it lean to understeer