Keep it simple
One of the most popular racecar articles I have ever written, and one of the most downloaded items on the ChassisSim website, is the Damper Workbook. Not only does that show this to be a hot button topic, but also that there is a lack of genuine information on this important matter of racecar tuning.
One trap I see people regularly fall into with racecar damping is over complicating things when they really don’t need to. What we’ll be doing in this article is applying this knowledge and showing how simulation tools enter the equation using the example of a car I recently worked on.
The car in question, and shown in Figure 1, is the Scorch Racing Silvia S15 Time Attack car, raced by Tominoko ‘Under’ Suzuki in the Pro class at World Time Attack Challenge at Eastern Creek raceway in Australia.
This car is a fire-breathing monster. We are talking 900bhp and CLA numbers well north of seven.
