It came from ford with either leaf springs or coils. The maximum amount of grip is produced when all four tires are equally loaded and in their happy place from a temperature, pressure, camber, and slip angle point of view. The advance design era 19471955 has been overlooked for long enough and deve krehbiel, a wellknown restoration expert from who specializes in these trucks, puts his 40 years of experience restoring nothing but advance design trucks into a very extensive and very complete single volume with more than 500 photos and detailed instruction for every aspect of a proper restoration. Chassis engineering is a great introduction to race car design. This book, along with claude rouelles race car engineering seminar, angelo. Lanches, eletrica hw autosom, farmacias medfar, ford automotor. Discussion in gts tuning started by gtpghost, oct 19, 2017. Formula ford has traditionally been regarded as the first major stepping stone into formula racing after karting. Looking at what our business could do in racing and suspension set up in 1999, we needed low cost procedures that would get us results for amateur racing car ownerdrivers. Get the top car design, plans, building and customizing books available. Auto action goes under the skin to find out what makes a spectrum 015 tick. Although strict rules regulate a formula sae fsae competition in.
Ford tuning tips and modifications maximise your fords driving pleasure. Formula ford continues to be a key stepping stone for the majority of australias young up and comers as their first step into circuit racing. For the first time, our new ebook the 7 littleknown hacks. Tony chapman and hunter mcelrea walk us through the different front suspensions on their cars. A guide to tuning your fourlink suspension system posted by wayne scraba on april 23, 2015 at 2. Not much as changed on formula ford except formula ford 2000 cars have front and rear wings and yes there is still formula fords racing in scca competition. Suspension setup, adjustments, and testing youtube. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more than a dozen categories. This is the first of a three part series from chris alstons chassisworks on tuning and calibrating for better drag race performance we all want to get the best performance out of our drag vehicle, and a properly tuned drag race suspension enables the vehicle to launch straight while transferring weight to the. The book includes chapters on chassis design, suspension design, frame construction, aerodynamics and tuning. Best car chassis, suspension, aerodynamics design books. The rick jones chassis tuning guide, second edition. The only added piece of information required, in addition to the previous formula, is the motion ratio of the suspension.
Now that the era of 1600 kent engine formula ford has ended, at the national level. Simplified design, advanced coatings and materials, and highquality damping components provide for a consistent and reliable shock with unlimited tuning options. Design of formula sae suspension theory in practice. How to build and maintain competitive ff1600 engines. This paper will cover the suspension geometry and its components, which include the control arm, uprights, spindles, hubs, and pullrods. If you are considering a fullblown restoration or repairing only certain sections of your car, this fullcolor instructional guide is a valuable tool in your toolbox. There was a story sometime back about the swift people putting their formula ford on one of those shaker suspension testing machines and finding a completely new set up for springs and shocks. The 2002 lawrence technological universities formula. If you are considering buying high performance handling for street or track and you want to read knowledgable information on suspension it would be worth giving dons book a miss. What you need to know to modify the suspension on your race or road car. The short track portion of the 2017 monster energy nascar cup series season continues this weekend at richmond international raceway, where ford will be looking to get back in victory lane for the first time since team penske drivers joey logano and brad keselowski swept both events in 2014. This is the entire purpose of establishing our suspension frequency, and the end goal is to determine the best spring rates for your application, vehicle, and specific corner weights.
The rule book, the highly integrated nature of unibody construction, and economics makes it. Excerpts from carroll smiths problem and cause guide right now, you should just buy the entire engineer in your pocket spiral bound guidebook, its invaluable and should be in everyones trackside toolbox. Jeff snooks alexis mk14 formula ford race car, number 41. The sa design library includes manufacturerspecific topics, painting, engine swaps, suspension tuning, transmission conversions, and more. The basics of suspension setup, adjustments, and testing as they apply to race cars. Bring your vehicle to life with more power, more torque and improved fuel economy. So is tuning the suspension still the same as in beta. In talking about suspension stiffness, here the present trend is towards. Some observations by category formula holden formula ford f3,f2 historic formula cars. Achieving a handling balance formula ford 1600 july 12, 2015 adventcontrols leave a comment since the hasty rebuild of our mondiale m89s back. The heart of ford performance parts began over 100 years ago on simple dirt tracks. Book cover of ford 19491951 ford car repair shop manual original. New ford gt suspension 2017 ford gts chassis design. Formula ford known as f1600 and formula f in the united states because of a rule change in 2009 is an entrylevel class of single seater, openwheel formula racing.
Ranger raptor does more than incorporate the latest ford powertrain technology. Overall it provides the reader with the foundation. Formula fords were the starting class for a lot of famous race car drivers including michael andretti. With over 50 years of drag racing experience the joneses cover everything from the proper way to haul your drag race car to the importance of utilizing data acquisition in this second edition of the rick jones chassis tuning guide.
You can learn almost anything about building cars with sa design automotive books. Geometry workshop setup track testing skid pad testing. Although lotus was first to offer formula ford cars for sale, the lotus 51 was just a repowered and costreduced version of the lotus 31 f3 car. I guess, in short, id be afraid of messing things up rather than doing myself any favors. Ford veteran jim smart covers all techniques of restoration for body and paint, interior, climate controls, chassis and suspension, engine, driveline, electrical, and more. Ford has an independent suspension design that is part solid axle and part independent suspension the ford twin traction beam or ttb. In 1976, his son michael attempted to revive the alta name with a formula ford car but was not.
The wild engineering that gives the ford gt two suspensions at once. We are one of the leading race car setup and fabrication workshops in the world. Formula ford rear suspension geometry hi all, im in the process of rebuilding an old ff2000 royal rp30 now that its almost done im starting to think about setting it up and one thing that im not too sure about is one part of the rear suspension geometry, and that is the two almost parallel trailing arms from just in front of the engine to. Formula sae is a student project that involves a complete design and fabrication of an open wheel formula style racecar. With a specialist team of highly skilled engineers, all staff have a range of multi roll skills with trade qualifications.
If you want to accelerate smoothly, the rear suspension should prevent the vehicle from shifting its weight towards the rear so you dont launch into the air like some speedboat on a trial run. The ttb is similar to a solid axle except the drive axles and housing pivot in the center. The alta car and engineering company was a british sports and racing car manufacturer. Most of the info is the same for anything with adjustable suspension from dirt bikes, street bikes, mountain. How to build and maintain competitive yet legal formula ford 1600 engines by jake lamont and tom andresen. Lister storm lmp designer reveals his trade secrets for suspension design.
Suspension tuning can unlock potential grip, and a poorly tuned suspension can indeed lock away a lot of grip, but a happy tire is a happy tire. Whether or not you build your own engines, this book is loaded with useful information and tips to help you run faster and longer. The other, by des hammill, i felt was far more informative. Shock absorber tuning a mindset for analysing suspension set up problems. The suspension tuning for a f1 car if emulated for a lowed powered formula ford, will not be effective, each car has its own needs from a performance point of view from the suspension. The various championships held across the world form an important step for many prospective formula one drivers. Driver control and race car handling is about the vehicle behaviour in response to the driver inputs steering, throttle and brake. Covers the development and tuning of race car by clearly explaining the basic. The earliest space frame designs for racing cars were developed by cooper, mercedes benz in 1954 for its worldbeating w196 f1 car. The standard transmission of the early era of the class was the english hewland or us built webster equivalent and is shown here in a pristine installation. We install ridetechs revolutionary bolton 4link rear suspension system for 1970 1981 gm fbody cars including chevrolet camaro, pontiac firebird, z28, trans am and formula. A mindset for analysing suspension set up problems.
Jake lamont and tom andresen literally wrote the book on building competitive yet sccalegal. The big three car manufacturers were heavily into drag racing and lived by the. The 7120 series shock is the latest formula vee offering from penske racing shocks. It takes good initial design and careful tuning to produce a successful racing car. In a practical and downtoearth way, it covers the fundamentals of how race cars handle and the requirements for designing and constructing a car. You would want your suspension system to keep the rear end of the car relatively stable while also. It is inexpensive to manufacture and relatively easy to repair when damaged. Ultimately we want the tyres to remain in contact with the road at all times, with the greatest configurations to ensure maximum grip and loading. I bought this book because it was one of only two suspension books i found on the kindle shop. Check out the latest ford performance parts for mustang. There are 10 key factors to be considered when designing a suspension system, whether its for a single seater or sports prototype, and part of the skill of the designer lies in reconciling the conflicts between them.
Every book i have read on suspension has missed this point. Allan staniforth who runs his own business tuning suspension for competition. Formula saestudent ford books formula nonwing quick start learning guide get started on your race car project today with this quick start learning guide to help you choose books that will provide the best initial value, information and guidance. Formula ford technical information a typical installation of a kent engine in the back of an impeccable, recently rebuilt crossle 3235 chassis. Riley when carried to the extreme, todays emphasis on automobile mass reduction has significant implications for vehicle ride and suspension design. Above are some formula to be able to calculate the motion ratio and then the wheel rates. Formula tech performance is now authorised agent and distributor of flash diesel in western australia. Suspension tuning can unlock potential grip, and a poorly tuned suspension can indeed lock away. Achieving a handling balance formula ford 1600 firmtec.
Formula tech dyno centre now offer diesel tuning services for wide range of diesel vehicles. The book shows the way in which tyre models are incorporated in vehicle models and how. The formula ford smalltube space frame chassis is a very basic, simple and well proven type of chassis. The twowheeldrive version is called the twin ibeam. Automobile ride, handling, and suspension design and. Official site of ford performance parts mustang parts. In 1937 the company introduced front independent suspension to the chassis.
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