On the rebound
Recently I was having a robust discussion with a close colleague, after I had presented the shaker rig section of my ChassisSim boot-camp. He made the point that the shaker-rig analysis is all well and good, but when he has applied shaker rig results to a car out on the race track in the past he has always had to add rear low speed rebound.
This is most apparent in mid-engine racecars. In particular, he described one situation where the car was perfect on the rig and when it got to the track it was a disaster. I told him leave this with me to look at. Having now looked at this, I’ve concluded that the solution to this dilemma lies in how the aeromap of the car, and the inertias, affect the
