Front Suspension Geometry| Ep.1 Caster 

This is probably going to be the best video series ever created on youtube.

After 20 years of reading books on "SUSPENSION GEOMETRY" , you guys made it all crystal clear in 30 min... ....."THANK YOU".....

This just became one of my top 5 favorite channels.

This is awesome. I thought i was decent at suspension tuning and you just opened up another world for me

Props for putting in the work to make that jig to teach us all.

Duuuuuude I am so excited to learn and understand more about suspension geometry from this series please do go on! Sharing!

Holy shit this is exactly what I needed thank you! I’m currently rebuilding my GF8 Subarus suspension and I want to tune my suspension properly to be competitive and you explained everything about caster so clearly and the model was super useful in showing how these adjustments affect each suspension part. 10/10

Stoked for the whole series!! After this series is over do rear alignment! Setting up for toe gain with squat vs just static toe in. Antisquat adjustment and effects. Rear toe in and how it affects forward vs side bite and float. How to choose spring rates (how soft to go and especially front vs rear setup). Damper adjustment (3-way). Sway bar setup. Watched tons of other videos on rear alignmenr but none are designed for drifters. Everyone focuses on the front alignment!

Best video on RU-vid these days explaining the correlation between caster and better steering and Camber and how it affects everything. Give this man a raise. I am just getting into suspension tuning myself and this video is gold for someone self teaching. Thank you so much.

Great work! This is just a cornucopia of knowledge!

I’ve learnt more here than i have in school lmao

Best suspension series on the internet

Incredible details! Being an is300 guy I'm super hyped for the double wishbone episode.

Excellent video, very informative. Look forward to the other suspension vids!

Love this video series. It's better than most professional instruction.

This is awesome! I love the educational videos and my C6 kit just came in the mail last week! Looks like I made the right choice 😁

Thank you, kind sire! Can’t thank you enough for putting the series together. 🥳

Really appreciate you doing this. It is nice that you go in depth into how suspension works in drifting and explain it so that everyone can understand it. Thank you!

The visuals did more in this video than school with books and an alignment machine. I always knew that caster changes camber but I could not visualize how. I even saw cars raising up when turning the steering wheel lock to lock but I had no idea why. You’re a genius!

Awesome explanations of the consequences of caster. Finally figured out why the steering is binding.

Awesome video, thanks for taking the time to make it and for making the display with colour coding and labelling the parts. Great explanation, going to extreme angles is a great idea to visualise what is happening. Top notch 👍

Awesome work! Very well explained and visualized. Fdf stocks about to rocket!

Wow. Been watching a lot of videos and none touch on the different ways to adjust things and the secondary items they affect. Absolutely great.

this is the best explanation of suspension system and its effects I have ever seen. thank you

Great video. It was nice meeting you at the Vegas Airport. We will keep plugged into your videos. Thanks again for demonstrating.

Visualization is so crucial, thank you!

Such a great video!!

Amazing video! Thanks a million for the epic explanation and visuals, makes it super easy to grasp. Thank you for the time you put into your videos to help all of us. Well done! 👏👏👏

thank you! the way you describe this subject is innovative and really hands - on!

This is a great way to illustrate the relationship between caster and camber. I was going to build a rig similar to what you have for the same reason!

This is absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to make these informative and educational videos. I appreciate the effort you guys put into it.

Thanks a lot for such great details. Really appreciate that helps a lot.

👍👍👍 excited for a potential double wishbone setup. This is amazing

Good work guys watching the series now. Lots of great info. I hope some people get this and make it work for them. Grip guys can get plenty out of this. Good work 👍

Great videos man, so much better than reading 20 year old forum posts trying to wrap my head around overcentreing and ackermen angle (I watched toe and ackermen video first) Keep it up

Awesome content guys. Defo learnt more can’t wait for the next one.

awesome video thanks a ton guys. deserves a lot more views

Nicely done. Thank you for the effort.

Thank you so much. (SIM DRIFTING) I was having problems with a JZX100 @ the entry @ Long Beach. On entry the steering would get so light it was hard to control precisely under hard throttle with full lock. NOW I think that reducing the caster angle in the front would be the move I need to make. I like my steering to be slightly stiff.

Incredible work. Subscribed and will watch everything forever.

Which side is the front of the car?? I’m used to the tie rods of the steering being in front of the control arms (sn95 mustang) so to me this is showing negative caster, which is almost never done. What car is this mimicking that has either the tie rods on the back or negative caster? Other than that, great amazing video but I fought to understand where the front of the car was to try and imagine a tire steering in my mind on my car. Excited for the series and I’ll be sharing this on Facebook. Great job!

Thanks for sharing the knowledge! Im actually in the market for suspension upgrades for my Z32 300zx drift car for the drift season so ill definitrly be in touch. Cant wait for the rest of the series!

This is awesome info thanks for sharing

14:43 - just a fun "fyi" If anyone has an 2wd rc buggy or truck at home (think Associated RC10/RC10T, Losi, Kyosho, Yokomo etc...) they're nearly all set with a factory "kickup"/or caster angle of 30 degrees... You can REALLY see the camber gain on those when you turn the wheels if you own one.

Great video! Was searching for such a video series for some time. You really explain it in a very good and clear way! Keep up the great work :) As an idea maybe explain how to setup your car for more grip or less grip. Or how to tune a 3 way coil over.

Wow thanks alot . Best video out there

Awesome explanation and video!!! Keep em coming... well done!!!

I’m really looking forward to using this info in my new edge, going to be doing this year on modified stock knuckles, and after a year of that I’ll be getting whatever parts you have for the new edge!

Amazing 👏 thank you

Great job. Keep the videos coming.

Really awesome videos! Thank you for that content. If the car has a front steering rack, it will be better to add caster from the lower control arm, this way you prevent overcentering right?

Outstanding video kPa for us old folks is that kingpin angle and for maybe a better visual put a string line across the front of the kingpin so you can visually see the flop laser something horizontal as well as vertical can't wait for the rest of the videos

awesome video

Fantastic

thanks so much for this! very informative

Earned my sub

Very good job!

great vid

Great video very informative

Great video. Explain how the best way to do a four wheel alignment. Set up car a ride height

Thanks for sharing man !:)

At 14 minutes you got positive and negative camber mixed up, you should add a correction in there

can you explain how to setup your camber/caster plate above your shock on a s chassis? I would like to understand why they bring the shock to front in most angle kits

Thanks! Very Good!!

So what can be some correlation to understeer in terms of caster? , higher , lower what happen mostly when have you it?

Take a shot every time he wipes the torpedo level off before sticking it to the different components 😂.. jk very informative video, thanks for making it!

FDK can you address the issue of cars with Macphearson for racing? I see many defending Macphearson because Porsche, BMWs, Subarus have it. I am looking for a car my self to do my first build and I'm confused (as faaaa ...). I even read that a badly executed SLA can be worse than strut so idk what to think anymore. Somebody educate me already :D

Thanks

If one wheel has positive caster and the other wheel on the same axle has negative caster, can that cause a vibration at highway speeds?

What’s that tool he is using to measure?

yes on double wishbone suspension

@14 min wouldnt the left turn = neg 9 deg camber and the pos 9 when turning right? nope nm im mistaken my bad

Are you going to cover trail in another video?

Massive effect on drag. The better the alignment the less drag of the wheel.

Wheel lock it scary had it happen on me once , ended bending my steering wheel

Forecaster just think of a caster wheel like on the front of a grocery buggy

Fridge cart?! Always thought it was a hand truck

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Like a lecturer 👨‍🏫 in college , bla nla bla & no one student knows what’s he talking about , please real world examples