By Imagine two cars. Both of these cars are track-focused supercars with sticky tyres, carbon fibre body panels and carbon ceramic brakes. One car has 789bhp and weighs 1197kg, and the other has only 513bhp and weighs 1430kg. Working with these numbers you’d expect the first car to be much faster
Suspension Secrets M3ATER Build – Part 2 – Hateful Weight
If you haven’t already heard, we’ve undertaken an ambitious project, here at Suspension Secrets – to make a BMW 330Ci (E46) faster around a circuit than a clubsport spec E46 M3, for half the price! In this build update, we’ll take a more in-depth look at the weight saving measures
Suspension Secrets M3ATER Build – Part 1
It’s ambitious challenge time here at Suspension Secrets. We have decided to take on a new project to see if we can achieve an ambitious goal laid out before us. We regard the BMW E46 M3 to be one of the all time great track machines! With 338BHP, front-engine inline
TracTive ACE Coilovers – Actively Making the GR Yaris Even Greater
We here at Suspension Secrets are big fans of the Toyota GR Yaris. With all-wheel drive, a short wheelbase, and engaging handling, the GR Yaris has been a performance car hit since it was released in September of 2020. However, there have been some recurring issues that have been reported
Suspension Secrets Toyota GR Yaris Seat Lowering Plate Kit – A New Perspective
Suspension Secrets Toyota GR Yaris Seat Lowering Plate Kit – A New Perspective A favourite of the automotive media and with an extended order waiting list to boot, Toyota’s GR Yaris homologation-special is one of the most talked about ‘real world’ performance cars in recent years. It has received rave
Suspension Secrets Porsche GT Circuit Handling Pack Development
One car we are extremely familiar with here at Suspension Secrets, is the 991 Porsche GT3RS. Last year, we spent months at the track perfecting our suspension setup, using only the standard points of adjustment. On the Porsche GT cars, this is still quite an extensive amount of adjustment with
Sim Racing – Suspension Set Up Guide
Simulation racing is a growing sport and the increasing complexity of the games means that they are now very close to real life racing. They offer multiple set up alteration options which change the vehicle dynamics as they would on your very own car. They are a great way to
Win A Free Season of Racing with VMEP
We are proud to announce that Suspension Secrets is now the title sponsor of the Vision Motorsport Engineering Novice Racing Driver Competition. It is very rare within Motorsport for an opportunity to come along that allows someone with potential, but without the funding, to compete in a full race series.
Dallara World Series Single Seater – Under The Skin
We caught up with Paul O’Connell recently, a driver in Ireland taking the racing scene by storm in his awesome Red Bull liveried Dallara World Series Nissan V6 single seater race car. Being a long time Suspension Secrets follower he was keen to share some technical information on his extremely
Audi R8 1:1 – Under The Skin
You’ve probably seen the World Time Attack Audi R8 from team R8 1:1 in Finland on social media by now. It has become quite a hit due to its huge aero and the incredible suspension system that has been designed into it. We had to find out more so organised an interview with the team manager of Team R8 1:1; Mikko Ahola.
Secrets’ Selection – Lindsay Rice
Lindsay Rice, CEO of Rice Racing and driver of the #18 Rice Racing Audi RS3 LMS is a semi-pro female driver competing in motorsport across North America who we work closely with and are proud to include within our selection of Suspension Secrets racing driver profiles.
Drift Car Set Up
For those that are not familiar with drifting, it is a motorsport in which the car must maintain constant and fluid oversteer between a series of corners on a circuit whilst hitting certain clipping zones on circuit and having as much proximity with the other car as possible. A good set up can go a long way in keeping the car sliding and providing a fluid, predictable transition.
How to Remove Oversteer and Understeer
If you have taken your car to a circuit you will be very familiar with understeer and oversteer. The two enemies of good lap times even if one of them is quite fun! Understeer is when the front of your car washes out towards the outside of the corner giving a lack of steering feel and pushing the car wide. Oversteer is when the back of the car swings out to the outside of the circuit, rotating the car and making it slide to the outside of the corner.
Secrets’ Sessions – Lindsay Rice
Who is Lindsay Rice? Lindsay Rice is a dedicated and passionate 26 year old race car driver, from Mississauga Ontario in Canada. She currently races in the US and Canada in GT racing. We decided to have a chat with her and ask some questions to find out a bit
Budget to Premium Coilovers – What’s The Real Difference?
Two questions we are asked frequently by our followers are:” Is it worth spending more money on coilovers for my track car?” and “What is the difference between cheap, mid-range and expensive coilovers?” They are two very good questions as prices in the coilover market can vary from £200 for
Bobby’s Build: Part 2
When we left Bobby’s build he had created a custom front suspension system, stripped the car back to its bare bones and lowered the car on some new BC Racing coilovers. Now, a few weeks further down the line, Bobby has been busy with the rear suspension system fully redesigned
BAC Mono – Under The Skin
We had a chat with the guys at BAC Mono who, if you don’t already know, create an single seater supercar called the BAC Mono. It is renowned for its handling capabilities and the pure driving pleasure that it delivers due to the lightweight and ultra-responsive chassis. We thought we
Bobby’s Build: Part 1
Interior Strip Down The first stage of most race car builds when starting with a road car is to strip out all of the unnecessary weight. Bobby’s build was no different as he took to the interior of the Mitsubishi Eclipse, pulling out everything in sight except for the door
Bobby’s Build: An Introduction
Throughout this series of posts we are following an avid enthusiast and Suspension Secrets reader, Bobby Gould, as he builds his first ever time attack car using nothing but his own two hands and online resources to create a competitive race car. A lot of thought and effort has been
Set Up Alterations For Changing Weather Conditions
One of the biggest enemies to a great new set up is a weather change. Suddenly a near perfectly handling car can change dramatically when the track conditions change due to a change in weather. However, with a few simple adjustments the effects of the weather don’t have to impact you too much.