Building a fast car? Get $400 OFF the VIP package and never pay for another course, EVER: hpcdmy.co/vipy19 Learn to set your suspension up the RIGHT way. Start learning now with 50% OFF your first course: hpcdmy.co/offery19 0:00 - One Module From A Full Course 0:45 - RWD Circuit Racing Coupe Example 1:21 - Key Information 1:31 - Total Corner Weights or Weight Split From OEM 2:03 - Pro Tip: Unit Consistency 2:25 - Back To Weights 3:00 - Sprung Mass Only 3:48 - Our Example Continued 4:18 - Motion Ratio 5:52 - Purchasable Spring Value 6:10 - Rear Axle 6:50 - Rear Vs Front Frequency Race Use 8:00 - Simplified Calculation 8:45 - Suspension Tuning 9:18 - Lateral Load Video - Linked Below 9:35 - Just One of 37 Modules
@InitialDIYmods2 жыл бұрын
I can't like this video enough. Great job mate. Once I'm done with the engine setup at HPA, I really need to get the suspension settled 😁👍
@forgottenautos84618 ай бұрын
The angle of the shock can change the appropriate spring rate needed. Two cars that have the same weight ratios can have wildy different spring rates. Just something to think about in case you have a car that has a very high angle spring (0 degrees being vertical).
@ther1kid2 жыл бұрын
Okay! okay! Ill buy the courses! Well done.
@hpa1012 жыл бұрын
haha cheers mate! Even if you don't our aim is to please, but appreciate the support nonetheless and hope you enjoy a deeper dive! 😎 - Taz.
@johnterpack3940 Жыл бұрын
Wait, wait, wait... you can't just go putting up car videos that have actual numbers and engineering in them. You're supposed to talk about "fitment" and stuff. The way you're going, somebody might accidentally learn how cars work. Where would F&F be if the Vin Diesel fan club realized everything they grew up believing was wrong?
@Kempy897 ай бұрын
Don't worry, you can still run -25° of camber with the right spring rates.
@michaelblacktree2 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing! I need to select spring rates for my project car. 👍
@hpa1012 жыл бұрын
Perfect!
@zaydabbas1609 Жыл бұрын
Damn this course is legit, we use the same quarter car model in my control systems class
@hpa101 Жыл бұрын
Cheers Zayd, hope you're enjoying your class too! What degree are you doing? Tim has drawn on resources here from his own studies at university as well as on the job as a motorsport engineer and packaged them into this specific course for ease of accessibility and reference 😎 - Taz.
@zaydabbas1609 Жыл бұрын
@@hpa101 Thanks! I’m doing electrical engineering, having (not so much) fun with the closed loop tuning stuff, but it’s awesome to see the real deal in videos like these!
@Owen-wg1md2 жыл бұрын
How did you find the frequency of the system?
@enjoying_life49 Жыл бұрын
Great Video! I did not find the link for the cheat sheet. Can you help me find it?
Googled for it and found it. Here it is. www.hpacademy.com/assets/Course-Content/Suspension-Fundamentals/655e37b440/Suspension-Formula_CheatSheet_03.pdf
@gordowg1wg1452 жыл бұрын
Excellent introduction. With the spring rates, if one cannot find what one needs, two shorter springs can be combined to get what is required.
@TranceFur2 жыл бұрын
Really? I’ve literally never seen a setup like that.
@__dm__2 жыл бұрын
4:41 -- omega is the angular frequency, not regular frequency, so the symbol should be "f"
@hpa1012 жыл бұрын
The symbol Omega is used in the calculation of natural frequency (ω = √k/m) and we’ve carried the symbol through our calculations to represent natural frequency for consistency throughout the course. But you are right, we’ve converted from rad/s to Hz in the equation so we could have denoted that as f.
@zaydabbas1609 Жыл бұрын
Ahh thanks, i was wondering the same thing
@akioasakura362411 ай бұрын
From where do the base frequencies come from? Why was 1.5-2.5 chosen for the low aero circuit car? I want to get to the root of the issue if you get me. Good video, thank u for uploading
@MattyManRC30014 күн бұрын
do a video for dummies like me lol i live in bumpy colorado and got my coils with spring rates of 14kg in the front and 12 kg in the rear. It's a bit too bumpy for my liking but when the roads are smooth, it rides perfectly. Any idea which spring rates i should have done for daily comfort, occasional bumps, and some track here and there?
@hpa10113 күн бұрын
It isn't quite that simple as spring rates are not generic across all vehicles. The more you dig into the topic and understand the easier it will be to answer that for your specific vehicle. The course this module is from was made for people just like you who want to learn after all 😎 - Taz.
@olasebastian3 ай бұрын
Hey guys, nice presentation but I don't know where you got your frequency charts but they don't seem to be close to what we use in the industry. 1.1 to 1.5 is a street car, 1.1 being a very comfort orientated street vehicle. We never go bellow 1.
@GP-fc7jv Жыл бұрын
It looks like you are using a 86/BRZ for your example am I right?
@elkabongg27166 ай бұрын
Could anybody clarify for me where do the numbers 4 and 2 come from in that equation. What do they represent or are they simply contstants.
@elitecol692 жыл бұрын
When are you doing the g25 660 comparison?!
@hpa1012 жыл бұрын
Mid 2022 Andre hopes 🤞 - Taz.
@ArunKumar-k1l2x3 ай бұрын
at 5.32 sec , k spring = k wheel x MR 2, but actually it is k spring = k wheel / MR2. can u clarify this.
@justinguarino201 Жыл бұрын
So if we are accounting for the driver being in the vehicle thus making the driver side weight more, does that mean I need to get 3 different spring rates? One for the driver side, one for the passenger, and then 2 of the same for the back? Don’t springs come in pairs? So I will end up with to extra spin tha both at a different spring rate? After my calculations, assuming I didn’t miss anything (using the 1.1 and 1.3 motion ratio, since I can’t find that anywhere on forums or dealer info for my car… a ~2800lb car is 900lb front driver wheel, 700lb passenger front wheel and 120lb rear. Now that doesn’t sound right because of the drastic difference from front to rear. Then again it’s about a 300lb difference from front to rear so maybe that’s why? Thoughts? From this, it makes it seem like my front will be stiffer than the rear. Is this because it would be front wheel drive?
@hpa101 Жыл бұрын
No, you don't mix spring rates like that. Corner balancing is what you will do noting it is hard to get it perfect without building a car from scratch and physically mounting things correctly to offset weights side to side and front to rear. Even then, you pop a heavier or lighter drive in and its different again which leads to the fact that every single part and setup choice comes with some sort of compromise - Taz.
@justinguarino201 Жыл бұрын
@@hpa101 Okay, I appreciate the response. After some research and feedback from others in the same platform using a similar type of driving that I will be (autox and daily/canyon driving), I am going with a 12k front and 16k rear (currently on a 7k front and 8k rear), so hopefully this will be much better moving forward.
@Bigelboe2 жыл бұрын
Why is the spring rate multiple by the MR squared, and not just the MR?
@200mphgt402 жыл бұрын
Because the travel of the suspension at the springs is reduced by the MR and also the force acting on the springs is increased by the MR. So you get two effects for the price of one, meaning you account for it twice by squaring the MR.
@Bigelboe2 жыл бұрын
@@200mphgt40 thanks, great explanation
@ttt694202 жыл бұрын
Because it's a wave function. It "accelerates" and "decelerates" over an area of time. Like displacement, it's squared. All wave functions are squared whether in respect to time, or probability, or any other area that they displace. The short of it is that's what makes the math work. The long of it is explained in pre-calc / calc.
@s4060 Жыл бұрын
Great video, you really explain things very easily! I’ve been racing for a good long while and it time to develop the suspension for the race car. Out of curiosity, what spring rate did you finally end up with on the SR86? Was it close to the ball park the calculations got you?
@learysinsight9617 Жыл бұрын
Does 'un-sprung' include control arms and associated equipment?
@johnterpack3940 Жыл бұрын
Roughly half-ish. Honestly, there's a bit of voodoo involved in deciding what is or is not un-sprung.
@peejay19812 жыл бұрын
This is giving me nightmares from uni calculating the undamped natural frequency of a system :-)
@hpa1012 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the flashbacks haha Pain was worth the gain though hopefully! - Taz.
@SLU2MOVIES2 жыл бұрын
You guys are nailing the course ☺️ Some day I'll go through them all In the mean time 😂 I'll slap my airbags on my tein suspension with edfc 😂 and hope for the best
@hpa1012 жыл бұрын
#sendit haha We'll be here when you're ready! We all start somewhere 😎 - Taz.
@VinRZ Жыл бұрын
Whats the effect on higher front frequency than rear? For example 2.2Hz front and 2.0 Hz rear
@oxen808611 ай бұрын
like he said in the vid ur car will pitch(if u don’t know just look it up super easy) typically u want a flat ride set up which is rear Hz is higher then front, i use this for aggressive mountain driving an autocross helps the car settle better :) hope this helps
@VinRZ11 ай бұрын
@@oxen8086 Thank you man! Since I put in this comment 2 months ago, I started to do research on my own (Since HPAcademy didn't answer my question lol). Came to the conclusion that Flat Ride is great for street driving and track driving, fast settling etc. But I just started doing research on drift setups, drift bois tend to run the pitch setup, which it still baffles me.
@oxen808611 ай бұрын
@@VinRZ also something to keep in mind is FRC% (front roll couple) i think higher the more over steering is an lower is more understeer,FatCatMotors has a vid on it with suspension answers as well 👍🏽
@VinRZ11 ай бұрын
@@oxen8086 Thanks! I have watched some of his videos. Though not 100% of his information is correct. I did get my hands on an excel spread sheet that will calculate my roll couple!
@natansabillon98472 жыл бұрын
Can I request your help to modify the shock absorbers for 1998 Mitsubishi SpaceGear?
@hpa1012 жыл бұрын
If you think the suspension course applies to you and your application, sure. What form of motorsport are you racing your SpaceGear in though out of interest? 😎 - Taz.
@sr20dett1000Ай бұрын
I still didn't understand why you chose those spring rates or what frequency you targeted.
@charlesshamseldin95552 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@hpa1012 жыл бұрын
Cheers Charles! Glad you enjoyed this one - Taz.
@charlesshamseldin95552 жыл бұрын
@@hpa101 I'm a bit of a loon running race rates on the street 512/in fr 468/in rear but I prefer a stiffer set up; in addition to linear rate springs vs the more common progressive setup on the street
@DehBassman Жыл бұрын
Doesn't a motion ratio above 1 mean that the wheel has less than a direct moment of leverage on the spring? Wouldn't the equation need to be dividing by 1.1sq?
@nathancupp1361 Жыл бұрын
Bro sounds so close to the guy who usually does these. I wasn't looking at the screen and thought he just had a cold.
@hpa101 Жыл бұрын
hahaha. Gottem! Tim does the suspension and data analysis course content and as you can tell, he has a pretty thick Kiwi accent like Andre too 😅 Hope you enjoyed this one! - Taz.
@funkyd04 Жыл бұрын
Professionals don't use ride frequency to design race cars. Not since the 60's or so. Not even as a starting point.
@akioasakura362411 ай бұрын
How do they do it? I want to learn
@funkyd0411 ай бұрын
They start with roll gradient. (degrees/g) And that can only be decided after you pick a tire. The tire is the 1st design consideration, everything comes after. @@akioasakura3624
@martinburnett38527 ай бұрын
Pretty sure even OEM’s use this
@funkyd046 ай бұрын
@@martinburnett3852 They don't. Its an elementary exercise that has no utility to the final product. No considerations of damping, bushings, and tires. Meaning whatever you calculate as the frequency, will not be the actual frequency of the ride because its looking at exactly 1 variable in a system with dozens of variables. Look up SAE papers analyzing results of 7 post rigs and see how much they care about ride frequency.
@3.8GEN Жыл бұрын
ah so this is why I needed to take math classes
@hpa101 Жыл бұрын
Might have been a bit more exciting if they used examples like this too 😂 - Taz.
@3.8GEN Жыл бұрын
@@hpa101 yes XD
@JasonHam41 Жыл бұрын
@@hpa101 ain’t that the truth, if my teacher had started talking about anti squat and roll axis rather than X and Y I’d have shown some interest.
@mastercricket76262 жыл бұрын
Ha ha I just always wne t for the stiffest possible and beefy swey bars and cage ect so as lil body roll as possible 😉 but that is also a good way to spin out constantly if not usta it lol ask me how I know 🤣💪🏽✌🏽 peace n love all stay safe build on and keep it radical
@crxh22honda374 ай бұрын
Okay now about with a big wang and front splitter....
@geocell7482 жыл бұрын
I appreciate this video but your unspring weight was off by 1kg. 380 - 43 = 337 😆
@DehBassman Жыл бұрын
761.5/2 is 380.75. 380.75 - 43 = 337.75 then they rounded up to 338. Idk why they didn't just put the .75kg into begin with considering they showed the .5kg over both axles for the front total weight.
@ttt694202 жыл бұрын
If she bottoms, she needs more spring. Simple as.
@hpa1012 жыл бұрын
Actually you might be interested to learn that some setups will ride the bump stops, and you tune those as well 😉 Things that seem so simple have a way of not actually being all that simple at all. - Taz. www.hpacademy.com/blog/do-you-need-to-tune-your-bump-stops/? PS: This podcast with Andrew Wojteczko talks a bit more about some of the reasons behind bump stop tuning in class racing with fixed suspension restrictions: www.hpa-tunedin.com/1755412/9568537-015-squeezing-more-performance-out-of-your-race-car-with-awa-racing
@ttt694202 жыл бұрын
@@hpa101 I was merely jesting
@hpa1012 жыл бұрын
ahh sorry! We get all sorts of comments that are serious so I err on the side of caution haha That said, still good links to check out if you haven't already anyway! - Taz.
@ClaytonYatescarenthusiast Жыл бұрын
I just want to say. This is good information but is useless for about 98% if not more people. I'm a very hard core time attack racer. I have corner scales and corner balance my car,do my own alignments and have a degree in mechanical engineering. I still don't have time to do this. Nobody is doing this.
@hpa101 Жыл бұрын
No one is telling you that you have to do this, but for your 2% that want to, this is easily accessible information to help them. Not sure why you're upset about that and I'm sure I can find plenty of people having a crack at grassroots racing like you that would probably say the same about corner weighting. My answer would be the same regarding that as well 😎 - Taz.
@TheDoctor46vr Жыл бұрын
You don't know the difference in terms of lap time on track between the lowering springs and coilovers do you? I know it's a complicated question but I'm just looking for a reference point
@hpa101 Жыл бұрын
No not something I can help with sorry, so many variables even down to the track itself. What is on your pros and cons list for both options and your application? - Taz.
@TheDoctor46vr Жыл бұрын
@@hpa101 application is for daily use with the occasional B road blast and track day. Lowering springs Pro •they're cheap Con •Lack of adjustment Coilovers Pro •Able to fine tune Con •The cost ps. If I went coilovers I wouldn't get fully adjustable because of the cost. Would be looking at basic ride height adjustment and camber. Something like perhaps the Bilstein B14 might be a good option but that's still $1000AUD more than springs. On a standard 1 min 30 sec lap for example (obviously tracks have more technical depth to them than an average lap time.) If it maybe gave me a second per lap quicker than mountune lowering springs on my ST180 I'd be willing, still not sure where I draw the line to be honest. I've only just started considering coilovers, I've been set on springs for months until now.