: Which suspension design book?


nagal
09-27-2005, 10:17 AM
Yes I did wait for Tuesday to post this :flipoff2:

Reading up on 4 link suspensions and looking at the 4 link calc spreadsheet I realize I do not know squat.

A quick search brought up a few books but was wondering which would be the best to start with assuming I know very little. The assumption not being far from the truth.

Chassis Engineering/Chassis Design, Building & Tuning for High Performance Handling by Herb Adams

Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics by Thomas D. Gillespie

Race Car Vehicle Dynamics by William F. Milliken, Douglas L. Milliken

MrWillys
09-27-2005, 01:15 PM
Just keep reading on this site, i bought some offroad books and most of it is ads to hawk crap for the manufacture's.

JEEPRZ
09-27-2005, 01:30 PM
I have the book by Herb Adams. Its not bad, but really has limited info on solid axles

IronBull
09-27-2005, 05:39 PM
I've heard that the book by Milliken is good, but will cost you $100. Try searching throughout the web. Thats what I did and I came up with a good bit of info for myself. DO NOT search for raw, link suspension tech here. You will find a bunch of people who don't know jack spouting about nothing and others who do know something vastly outnumbered. If I can find the links I found I'll try to postem.

nagal
09-28-2005, 09:04 AM
I know there is a lot of good sites out there but was looking for a book that I can pick up and read for when I am not near/at a computer like when I am sitting on the pot :D

I will probably try the Gillespie book, I know its expensive but told the wife it would make a good christmas present.