Technical Info
Will Lowering Your Car Automatically Make It Handle Better?
Body roll, center of gravity, and how suspension components like sway bars, coil-over shocks, and control arms help improve handling. [More…]
Suspension
How To & DIY
Complete Tri-5 Chevy Front Suspension Rebuild & Brake Upgrade for $550
Dan shows us his best solutions for rebuilding the front suspension at home as well as replacing and upgrading to front disc brakes. [More…]
Technical Info
Suspension Design ~ Scrub Radius Explained
Scrub radius affects how the tire contact patch interacts with the road during cornering, braking, and acceleration, and can cause unique toe characteristics depending on the design. [More…]
Technical Info
Air Baggin’ ~ Should You Setup at Ride Height or Half-Travel?
Should you set your air bagged suspension up at ride height or at half-travel? Here’s why we prefer the half-travel method. [More…]
How To & DIY
How To Properly Set Up A Panhard Bar
The panhard bar is such a wonderfully simple design that gets a bad rap from a long history of poor implementation. Here’s how to set one up properly. [More…]
Technical Info
Soft vs Stiff Springs ~ What’s The Best Suspension?
The purpose of a suspension system is to keep your tires on the ground, so is it better to have soft coil springs or stiff springs? [More…]
How To & DIY
How To Put Corvette IRS in a Chevy C10 with DECAlink™ Suspension
Scott’s 1967 Chevy C10 has a Corvette IRS setup made possible with Detroit Speed’s DECAlink™ suspension system. Here’s how to DIY. [More…]
Technical Info
Watts-Link Geometry Explained
The advantage of the Watts Link design is that it can keep the axle centered throughout the entire travel range of the suspension. Here’s how it works. [More…]
DIY Projects
DIY 1970-81 Firebird and Camaro Suspension Rebuild
Jon at Mad Scientist Garage demonstrates a complete rebuild of this ’75 Firebird suspension using simple hand tools in a single weekend. [More…]
Technical Info
Ford F100 / Crown Vic Front-End Swap Pros and Cons
Jeff Ford looks at the reasons to do and not to do a Crown Victoria front-end swap in a F100 truck. [More…]
