Good vid. Remember kids suspension is no joke - always use spring compressors when working with springs and use jacks to slowly lower trailing arm style suspension to get springs out. Don't cut springs and torque everything to spec. People have legit died or lost vision from uncontrolled spring release.
The fact that you removed the shock at the beginningn of the video really helped make the point so I will remember that the shock is not an integral support member whereas the strut is, thanks.
You are Caltech, MIT, and Cal Poly SLO wrapped into a great video. Love the simple water bottle display. Also you have a gift of teaching. Thank you. Bought 8 Fox 2.0's from Shock Surplus (great company Steve Boggs)
I think the water bottle demonstration was a great idea to explain to people who have no clue how dampers work. I feel like now ima start using the term "not enough water bottle" when tuning suspensions now
Thank you for the video, I'm looking into doing a lot of work on my Sonic this winter and listening to you guys talk about how you're working on your cars relieves some of the anxiety I get about breaking my car. I'm not going to the extremes on anything, its just hitting 100k miles and well, everything is still stock.
Nice content, can you please add contents on what kind of suspension setup goes into various kinds of motorsports like rally, time attack,formula d, pikespeak etc
When i heard "enterely new project car coming to the channel" i straight taught to that older video can you track your daily driver with the normal lancer bec it would be also nice to see what can man acomplish with a normal stock production car. Thats just my opinion but still nice video keep up the good work 👍👍👍👍
Have you ever wonder why some kids do well in math or other subjects much better than others? Well, natural interest is one thing. Another important thing is how teaching is done. A good teacher can make the subject easy to understand, interesting and seduce you to proceed further. I was forever confused with the words "strut" and "shock". This video solves my confusion in 10 minutes. Teachers matter.
I love the way he how he explains how it works by pushing a piston through a small orifice and exchanging fluids through small holes LOL. I couldn't help butt to laugh pun intended
One question about this dampening force inside shock. Is this dampening force same in both directions or different? To my logic, dampening force should be weaker during shock compression, and higher during expansion so that impact force is mainly transfered to spring and less to shock and car body.
I wonder how many of these aftermarket kits for cars are street legal... I did some research the other day about exhaust & suspension systems, and was very surprised at my findings... I think as part of this education series you ought to cover the subject in more detail.. If you closely look at the promotional statements, the distributors often say "only suitable for track and not for road use"
Problem is "legal" can and will vary from country to country, and, if youre in the USA, not only state by state, but sometimes county by county as well. The burden is on the buyer or the buyers local tuning shop to know what is legal and what isnt. Offroad/track use only is a legal catch all so that a manufacterer doesnt have to research and stay up to date on literally thousands of different legal jurisdictions
Theres so much i dont get. Do you have any videos about how the other parts fit into thid system? If I'm replacing a strut, do I also need to do the control arm and sway bars?
