Suspension Setup, Adjustments, and Testing

The basics of suspension setup, adjustments, and testing as they apply to race cars. Most of the info is the same for anything with adjustable suspension from dirt bikes, street bikes, mountain bikes, ATVs, UTVs, and whatever else you might have in the shed.
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"Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down"

[@DasE30Cuz]

You guys are doing the lord's work.

[@antolivdiaz]

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[@nicholaspalastro497]

This was a fantastic video and deserves way more views. This channel is definitely doing the right things. You guys make it easy to bridge the gap from being just an auto enthusiast to an actually knowledgeable auto geek.

[@Teamoneilrally]

Thanks Nicholas!

[@KYLE47506]

Agree 100%

[@KYLE47506]

This was best video I have ever seen on suspension set up it really takes car enthusiasts and turns them into knowledgeable car fans. Great job guys keep up the good work awesome. I really learnt alot from this video

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[@EndureRacing]

6 years later still kicking.. Gonna be rewriting that whiteboard and stick it somewhere 😅 thanks 💪🏽💪🏽

[@beebbeebimajeep8278]

Cool now i know how to setup my Evo VI for that god awful Argentina stage in Dirt Rally 2.0 ;)

[@orcinus6792]

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[@bldsprt518]

Should I get 2.0 if I never play 1.0?

[@monoxidedark]

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[@brandonsever2576]

Love this channel. No clickbait, just great content with very well spoken teachers. I hope I can make the trip up to Team O'neal someday.

[@anxdmeme4208]

This is the best video on suspension I've seen

[@Ryuuk0002]

Since I've been playing carx rally, I've been looking for videos on suspension adjustments, and I found this one

[@hjkFB]

This was an extremely informative video. Thank you. I don't even own a car, but I am probably going to use this for DiRT Rally. :)

[@sriramvellore8140]

same here !!

[@MrLitz52]

Exactly who watched. And best set up videophone we found yet.

[@2ndAveScents]

Man I’m hoping this applies in the simulation for Dirt Rally 2

[@fr33kout82]

Liked the soup analogy, lol I took 4 pages of notes on this video to get the information in my head, and also as a point of reference. Very good video!

[@larwentz]

Don’t think I’ve found many videos at all that talk about these adjustments. Been looking for videos about general under/oversteer guides. Thanks!

[@ddd228]

It's all about spring rates and sway bars, mostly.

[@robertkonchan197]

Wow! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Great video! You just saved me a lot of time dialing in my first all purpose car. Thank you.

[@Arctic222Avenger]

Wish this video was around when i started playing DiRT Rally... All of these settings are in the game, and i wasn't sure what half of them did exactly, so my setup was almost always out of whack.

[@GPZ_Biker]

Fantastic explanations. Great knowledge and energy. Loved it. Thanks

[@chameleonh]

An advice I found on dampers from sim racers (rFactor 1 if I recall correctly)(sic): " There's basically four kinds of "bouncing": * One is where the damper are set too soft so that the springs start to oscillate. * The second is where the springrate is set too low and the car starts to bottom out either hitting the ground or hitting the limits of suspension travel. * The third bounce is where the springs and dampers are set too tight and the car start to hover over bumbs. * Fourth is when the car is transferring so much weight on front tires that the other tires start to lose their grip. This phenomenon is accentuated if the bounce happens only in the initial turning phase just before the apex when the load on the outside front tire is greatest. Inside wheels start to loose grip because of unloading, all the weight and need for grip is transferred to the outside wheel, the laws of physics steps in and the outside tire starts to slip; it looses grip, weight is transferred back to inside wheels, they loose grip and so on, the car starts twitching and skipping. Too low/high antiroll bar is the case combined with poor suspension settings. Rarest of them all since it needs a lot of variables combined for it to happen. It also feels mostly like twitching and sliding not bouncing. Also any combination of too tight springs on the rear/too soft on front combined with too tight rebound on rear/too soft bound on front, ie any kind extreme unbalance causes unpredictable behavior. Finding out what is the cause is not always easy... Experimentation and experience is the only key. Telemetry analyze with MoTec can help if you're able to read the info correctly. Bottoming is easiest to find, if you start to tighten the springs one click at a time the problem should go away. Oscillation can be found on the straights, if the car bounces a lot after it hits the bumb, tighten dampers. Hovering feels mostly like lo-grip conditions. EDIT: Oh yeah, one tip i got from a real life racer: if the car spins from the curbs (too high fast damping), lower rebound settings, both fast and slow. From my experience, start with the rear fast rebound. " Opinions appreciated

[@Strakos0]

LOL MAN I was looking for a real tips in the commentary section for street setup(not too tight but still well for cutting street city apexes with bumps) Anyway this feels you got some insight to it.

[@handre8969]

When it comes to handling I feel like the whole "softer in the front, harder in the rear" if it's understeering and "harder in the front, softer in the rear" if it's oversteering, are some good general rules but can be a little misleading. IMO it's best to think about what the dampers are doing, when, and what you want to happen. If I am understeering too much while decreasing the brake and increasing the steering (corner entry trail braking), the inside front of the car would be in Rebound while the outside rear would be in Bump. To get more oversteer then, it would make sense to decrease the front low-speed Rebound and increase the rear low-speed Bump (leaving the front low-speed Bump and rear low-speed Rebound alone), but that's really it or I'm going to risk affecting the handling in other parts of the corner. Other than that it's kinda trial and error because what you thought was happening might have not been what was happening at all.

[@Housesider]

This is hands down the best description/explanation of tuning methodology for damper compression/extension I've ever seen. Grazie!

[@aqibbhatti6482]

There's a wealth of knowledge in this video. Seriously thank you for taking the time to do this, can't explain how much it helps to have somewhat of a rule book when trying to figure out a good setup. This page deserves so much more attention.

[@playlistforkids]

Finding this in 2021. Wyatt is the man. Thanks for this

[@davecarsley8773]

I know almost nothing about this stuff. But just watching this dude, I can tell HE does. He's not just bullshiting.

[@Aris_Groumpos]

Happiest 30 minutes of my life

[@randomayaya]

never thought tuning cars for fiveM would bring me here ahah ! Great video very informative !

[@Teamoneilrally]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@WastelandMutt]

You guys inspired us to get into tuning our crosskart. All of you're videos have been a great lesson for us. Shout out for the whole team! Unfortunetly we live in Belgium and can not pick up a lesson at the school itself. But these video's allready have been a great help.

[@user-bn5lw2zu3z]

in 15mins this answered like 25 questions already i was wonderin about,very well and simply explained for a non race car backround car guys tryin to build somethin decent

[@charlie-charles]

Beeest guideline of all yt! On point explanation, funny, down to earth and simple for use! 👏👏👏

[@TacticalFragAddict]

Best explanation I ever came across, brilliant stuff.

[@enemycombatsports5356]

It took me like 10 videos to find someone who actually knows what they’re talking about. How about more on compression vs damping. Would really appreciate that. And I’m thinking of a motorcycle. 🙏

[@gabriels.713]

Wow, sick! I didn't think you guys were going to actually do it, thanks!

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This is a damn excellent video and you are greatly appreciated, man

[@RockNeurotiko]

This videos are wonderful and really helpful, thanks for the hard work!

[@lenaeleomar]

Its video change my life. Thank you very much!

[@thelexkex]

best video on suspension setup that i've found. thank you!

[@mixworks-de]

Excellent - well put together in a simplified form. Thank you!

[@nickamarit]

This is such an informative vid. Thank you for making it!

[@mungrel6668]

Thanks for posting, very informative!

[@Spivster46]

By far the best explanation on setup I've found to date. Thanks for sharing!

[@JoseMorales-vw4qf]

Great explanation and chart, straight to the point. Thanks

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Best video, yet! Keep \em comin'!

[@joelbuenaventura7777]

Thanks for dropping all of this knowledge🤯

[@Crosskart]

still the best racing video ever

[@sharmanshah3647]

Fantastic explanation! You just managed to simplify what seemed to me like the most complex subject all my life. Thank you.🙏🏽

[@GameBacardi]

I playing now Rally Dirt game, just found this video very helpful for adjust my "car"

[@lesliecampbell4099]

Very informative video. Thank you for taking the time to share this

[@no_russian8363]

Excellent video. You explain all terms very simple.

[@thexpto51]

Amazing video! Congratulations!

[@TheJamiedae]

You hit every nail on the head for so many situations! Lol make it adjustable comment never been more true. I am recommending this video in so many other channel's video comments section so I don't need a chapter to help out when people ask about what mods to do. Can't wait to get myself to your school to learn how to drive my cars faster and more importantly safer when I'm driving faster.

[@nvrlftofficial]

Some real wisdom in this. Thank you.

[@ianguy2324]

Great Basic advice explain in a way easy to understand. Brilliant Job. I loosing my way with multi adjustable suspensions and stuff now - but reminded me to keep simple! :) MANY THANKS

[@chris_b44]

Great video, thank you for including high speed and low speed! My KWs came with a guide that has one sentence to describe high and low speed compression so I never really understood how to set them up and was going to set them up as I would for a single adjustable compression but now I’ve made an excel sheet which copies your chart that gives me a guide to bring to track!

[@steveogle8942]

I've been around racing all my life and I knew most of this, but this is the best short explanation I've ever seen. Well done.

[@handelmotors]

Thank you for the AMAZING vid and thorough instruction!!! This helps Immensely!!! I just purchased my first set of coilovers and can’t wait to test everything at my next track day!!!

[@vickitreloar7797]

Great video explains everything without being confusing. Would be very easy to get bogged down if you were not such a good teacher. Thanks.

[@ianbarker4050]

I LOVE these videos, I live in NH and have always wanted to spend a weekend at your school but unfortunately its a little out of my price range. I know these videos don't replace or compare to going to rally school but its the closest I can get and they're so informative and professional. Keep up the great work guys!

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This is really awesome work!

[@jameshaulenbeek5931]

Awesome video! Thank you very much for this.

[@sumagayandomato3890]

I love rallying. So I subscribed to learn more.

[@SanHydronoid]

Great video! I'm surprised there isn't much views for it. This is right up there with Engineering explained.

[@garrettchappell3786]

Thank you so much. This is exactly what I wanted to understand what I need to do. Good that I had the right idea at least. Just nice to have the confirmation

[@Kemicaloid]

I was just looking for a crash course like this one and this was so helpful and straight to the point! Thanks a lot!

[@dzitezracing]

Excellent demonstration. Screenshot taken. I have a rally car RWD overpowered engine with a light butt that wants to oversteer way too easy. I will be trying these options thanks.

[@camerone397]

Easily one of your best videos. Super dense and useful information.

[@paulstabin6233]

Thank you. Best technical video ever.

[@kieranryan4718]

Excellent video! Great work!

[@shawnwedge5833]

Good video, I knew most of it but the order makes this a valuable tuning tool. They are right, this should have more views!

[@codyelkin]

This is an amazing resource!! I hope I can visit your school one day! As to video suggestions, maybe some overviews of setting up a car's engine and powertrain for rally specifically and/or track use. Such as a general overview of what you need to build a basic/budget rally car. Keep up the good work, and I'll be sharing this with my buddies! -Cody

[@JTthestreetking]

Always Gold my dude!!! Thanks

[@HollidaySpessa]

i feel like the vids on the channel like this are such a god-tier resource for people, and that maybe the car control eps and these types of eps should be mandatory viewing for anyone remotely interested in high performance driving or sim racing. i recommend them to so many people, they are so helpful ESPECIALLY for ppl just getting into this kind of stuff where it's like the holy grail of info.

[@amanjeetsinghbhatia429]

Dude you are the Chris Harris the world deserves but has not yet discovered! Love this video and channel!

[@2FIRacing]

This has been the most informative and useful video regarding suspension setup on a track car I've seen. Thank you so much for making this. This has helped my understanding greatly.

[@_fast4lfa]

This is amazing. Thank you so much for this my lord. Answered my questions exactly

[@LboogieG12]

@Team O'Neil awesome instructional vid. you're a great teacher. wish i knew this before my 1st track event

[@9550raja]

The detailing for the use of camber according to the terrain made me think how and what for the double wishbone suspensions work..! Love the content!! 13/10

[@TomPidden]

Just rebuild the whole back end of my wrx wagon, will defiantly be referring to this vid when sorting out the rear suspension. Thanks for your time and effort in this video! To the point and clear

[@Casey_J96]

I'll be that guy to say that vintage GP cars like 20's and 30's bugatti and alfas used positive camber. I don't really remember why but they did (something to do with the thin tires and steering response). Anyway, incredibly educational video, thank you for sharing!

[@nsarboc]

This is an awesome video. Thank you so much for making it!

[@OmegaF77]

This helped me immensely in Assetto Corsa. Thanks.

[@UncleRayRayGarageEmporium]

I was able to calm down to the point that I could visualize the dynamic suspension. I have seen the light! Thank you!

[@AvexTrax0000]

Thanks guys! The video really helps alot on high speed & low speed Compression/Rebound. Simple & easy to understand

[@TrackMonkey327]

Awesome video. I learned a lot.

[@vikramm1726]

Thanks for the gyan.. really nice of you..thanks once again

[@andrecarvalho79]

Wish i was in America to visit you guys:) amazing people and beautiful rally school!! Well done

[@jontuckerrally]

Excellent video... the best I've seen in this topic actually. Could you do one for diffs (including AWD) please?

[@JanneLaahanen]

yeah this most definitely. I don't know what it is but somehow you guys can make this stuff more understandable for me. Thank you so much!

[@OIJOIJOIJ2]

Идеально разложил по полочкам! Столько полезной информации за 30 мин я ещё никогда не получал.

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Very nice video, thanks for the work.

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Went to like the video, saw only 5 dislikes. Interested. Tired of BS from other youtubers. Good work.

[@XzessTool]

You guys are fantastic. Very good at explaining things as they truly use at real life, not that tech teorethical analisis. Thanks for this.

[@motorsporthobby177]

Very informative. Thanks for the post. Especially rebound...I had the settings reversed, thanks for clarifying that.

[@Tycy2014]

I was really happy to find I was doing the right stuff to my car under just pure suspension. This just cleared up my feelings and what I experienced when twicked cars but now I want to take a class on suspension geometry.... gonna have to add a class to my list now.

[@ArkapravaDattaterratigers]

very nicely explained,thanks for the great contribution

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This knowledge is worth a lot, thanks for sharing.

[@josueneto3]

I took the screenshot but watched your explanation over and over. This is just gold👌 best video from you guys so far. Thank yoi

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Great Video, great channel!

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This is great information man thank you so much I’m looking for my note book 📖 right now 👍🏾👌🏽

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Great info - thanks for that!!!

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Great video. Thank you!

[@joxephcars]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO 🙏 Thank You for blessing me with this knowledge 👏

[@meeterhead462]

Thanks so much for this .. certainly will help my sim racing. Really appreciate this. 💯

[@MaciejJankowskiPL]

Superb explanation of car setup even for people unfamiliar with racing stuff.

[@drumbri]

Awesome once again. Thank you...again!