Do lighter racecars go faster?  Does mass even matter?  Should a mass target be a key design goal?  Low mass is often taken to be a virtue in FSAE/FS racecars, and often chosen as a design strategy for improvement in performance.  But does low mass really pay off? 

Suspension Geometry

• Controls Toe Angle Movement

• Controls Camber Gain

• Controls Ride Height Movement

• Good geometry gives the springs, dampers, and anti-roll bars more influence than the geometry itself

Doing research, reverse engineering, setting design targets. Additional insight for teams thinking about making the EV transition.

Simply finding the combination that gives the fastest laptime is missing the point. The point is to understand the size of each effect, and how to engineer each effect to achieve the fastest laptime.

Defining requirements, validating models, on-car tuning, and understanding the root cause of problems. The process of developing and troubleshooting a steering system.

Skidpad testing, understeer gradient, handling and driver feedback, simulation with tire force and moment data.