Chassis Seminar – all 5 parts
Chassis Seminar
The 5 disk seminar, available here as 5 downloads
“Pyramid of Grip” download sets are now available for purchase! The cost for the 5 part video is $65 for those who have attended any of the seminars, and $95 for others. The footage was filmed live during a past seminar, and they’re the next best thing to being there! You will be directed to a download page after your purchase is complete. An e-mail with download links will be sent to you as well.
What will you cover?
A: We’ll discuss items relating to the set-up and operation of a race car, including the items that make up the “Pyramid of Grip”: spring rate, shock dampening, tire pressure, chassis roll, and chassis bind/chassis flex.
We’ll talk about maintenance, chassis set-up and analysis prior to the race weekend, a complete overview of the engineering forces in play, and how to choose the proper changes to make at the track.
The basic outline of our open “Pyramid of Grip” seminar follows.
- What is the ‘Pyramid of Grip?’
- Tire program prep and management
- Mounting
- Surface prep
- Pressurizing
- Stagger
- Spring rate choices
- Wheel rate
- Cross weight
- Frequency
- Panhard rods and Jacobs ladders
- Center of gravity
- Jacobs ladder
- Instantaneous roll center
- Radius rods, arm angles and roll steer
- Pro-dive/anti-dive
- Moment arm
- Roll steer
- Caster, camber, scrub radius and toe-out
- Caster
- Scrub radius
- Camber
- Toe out
- Ackerman
- Shock department
- Compress and rebound stroke
- Piston arrangement
- Velocities
- Gear ratio
- Anti-roll bars
- Purpose of an anti-roll system
- Loading on pavement tracks
- Loading on dirt tracks
- Cockpit adjustments
- Communication and driver development
- Walking the track
- Expanding communication
- Discussing changes with the driver
- Driver focus
- Track segments
- Driver feedback