Hi, what is a car suspension? What does it do? How can you tell whether it is a good/bad suspension?
A few years back when the Goodyear/Hoosier tire wars were going on, NASCAR got a BJ from Goodyear and made it almost impossible for Hoosier. NASCAR requires any tire manufacturer to have so many tires available for each race that a smaller supplier can't supply them. Go to a short track where the cars have more HP then a NEXTEL Cup car and you will probably see more Hoosiers then Goodyears. In fact, some organizations ban Hoosiers or certain Hoosier compounds in some classes because of the unfair advantage that they give.
No^ All tires are not the same. Lol With as much emphasis on equality in racing, and the skill of the driver that determines the winner, I think you have to stick with the same tire. Nascar revolves around equality. One maker(ford, dodge, chevy, pontiac) gets an advantage, and Nascar sanctions them and brings them down to the other manufacturers level. If you let them pick whatever tire they wanted, that would create an imbalance in the equality of the cars.
It's what makes a car bounce when a fat person gets in, and what stops you landing hard if you get airtime.
I think suspension is the amount your axil will bend. (Example: driving offroad one tire is up on a rock the other is not) I could be totally off though. *****NEVERMIND! What I was discribing was articulation, sorry! The answer above mine is right though!
A vehicle's suspension is a system whereby the the jounces and shocks of driving over a road surface are not transmitted to the driver. Imagine a suspension as a cushion. Road shocks are taken care of by this system. Without getting too technical, suffice it to say that good suspension does not bounce your *** out of the car, or loosen your fillings, when you hit a bump in the road. BAD suspension will do just that. Oh! and BTW: have your vehicle inspected by a qualified professional
