suspension design specifics

[rpmag]

I am interested in plotting various suspension designs from productions cars to see what different manufacturers do with roll centre control, placement, camber gain etc.
I admit that this is mostly for my own education, however is anyone aware of a source for the A arm lengths, KPI, knuckle lengths, suspension travel etc etc required for such comparisons? Naturally I have spent a few days searching the

http://WWW to

no avail.
I am interested in Honda NSX, Noble cars (Lee noble seems to be a low roll centre mvt man), Vemac, porsche boxster, ferrai 360 etc.
Any assistance whould be appreciated.

 

[rpmag]

I might also add the exige, and vaux VX220 etc

 

[Fabrico]

Not that any of the OEM's necessarily have it all down pat, but, if you don't have a working knowledge of WHY a manufacturer settled on a particular design, the information you seek will be of little value.

Depending on your skill in the arts relating thereto... nothing will reveal part of the information you seek faster than looking up full alignment specs.

 

[rpmag]

I wish to plot the details in susprog to further my understanding of aspects of milliken's work. As stated I am also curious as to what preferences the OEM's have in their final setups. Would you not like to see a graph depicting 10 cars camber gain and other aspects plotted?
I will request the alignment specs locally, however my questions still stand.

 

[Fabrico]

Not particularly, but the point was that in order for the information to be more scientific than a consensus or more tangible than wheel styling, it must at the very least be related to the OEM performance target, major component layout, weight bias, and most certainly, the type and basic dimensions of rear suspension of each car.

 

[rpmag]

I disagree, but thanks for your opinion.

 

[GregLocock]

I disagree as well, in particular the vehicles you have selected will have roughly similar aims to each other.



Cheers

Greg Locock

Please see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips.

 

[rpmag]

yes, as you can imagine that is why they were chosen.