When choosing suspention for a car, and trying to get the best performance... Is lower and tighter better?

 

Well that question cannot be truely answered because it is not complete. In general, yes, lower is better. This however is only one aspect or suspension. You don't want to be too low but if you are lowered the right amount to work with your shock travel/dampening level and spring rates you will be good. You want to have a strong enough shock that will accomodate a shorter and stiffer spring. Also springs and shocks are one part of suspension. They only control vertical forces of a car. In order to control lateral forces(side to side aka body roll) you will need to use thicker strut bars and tie bars. These will help tie the two sides together and will transfer force to the other side of a car in a turn helpin with traction. This is a real simple explanation but there is ALOT to suspension theory and so on. Hope that helps.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hotsuma23 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well that question cannot be truely answered because it is not complete. In general, yes, lower is better. This however is only one aspect or suspension. You don't want to be too low but if you are lowered the right amount to work with your shock travel/dampening level and spring rates you will be good. You want to have a strong enough shock that will accomodate a shorter and stiffer spring. Also springs and shocks are one part of suspension. They only control vertical forces of a car. In order to control lateral forces(side to side aka body roll) you will need to use thicker strut bars and tie bars. These will help tie the two sides together and will transfer force to the other side of a car in a turn helpin with traction. This is a real simple explanation but there is ALOT to suspension theory and so on. Hope that helps. </TD></TR></TABLE>