There is a new book out called "Race Car Engineering". Includes a demo version of WinGeo suspension analysis software and also Wan31 simulation software. This book is probably one of the most detailed books I have seen on chassis dynamics. I haven't had chance to read it yet but from a quick skim it looks very good. There is a very detailed section on tires which looks very useful. Also shows how to use WinGeo to optimize geometry. Apparently this is the first of 5 books on race car design. One warning, I suspect this book will make your head hurt! but you know what they say, no pain no gain.


The book is on sale at a special price at the moment.

http://www.guyons.com/racing_software.html

Looks pretty good.

The Milliken book also makes use of tire data, but in my opinion this doesn't do us garage builders much good since we can't supply said data. Because of this I unfortunately had to ignore the Milliken chapters which used tire data.

Without reading the Rowley book I can't be sure, but without tire data, it would be a waste. OTOH, the suspension design software looks like it could be worth the price alone.

[Edited on 11/2/04 by kb58]

The WinGeo software is save-disabled...

But just read this foreward. Link to PDF . Makes me want to give it a read!

Steve G.

Of course you can always "print screen" and save the images...not that I'd suggest such a thing of course..