Hey everyone !
I think the LFS manual page got me wrong, but it says that increasing the rear compression setting will reduce oversteer at the exit transients while increasing the front compression setting will reduce oversteer at the entry transients.
Since the rebound damping work in the similar way (less damping at rear = more understeer in exits / less damping at front = more oversteer in entries), shouldn't the compression settings work in a similar way as well ? Or is there a specific reason (that I did not see yet) to explain that they operate in a completely opposite manner ?
From my experience, increasing the damping at the rear effectively reduce the oversteer, because the suspension will travel slower and behave like stiffer at the rear, which will transmit all the weight to the tires directly and not only to the chassis. So, about the front suspension, increasing the damping would mean more weight transfered to the tires directly (maybe load is a more appropriate term) instead of being transfered to the front end (I'm sorry, I'm tired and can't find the appropriate words ).
Or if there is a reason for this way of operation, please tell me, because I fail completely to see it
I think the LFS manual page got me wrong, but it says that increasing the rear compression setting will reduce oversteer at the exit transients while increasing the front compression setting will reduce oversteer at the entry transients.
Since the rebound damping work in the similar way (less damping at rear = more understeer in exits / less damping at front = more oversteer in entries), shouldn't the compression settings work in a similar way as well ? Or is there a specific reason (that I did not see yet) to explain that they operate in a completely opposite manner ?
From my experience, increasing the damping at the rear effectively reduce the oversteer, because the suspension will travel slower and behave like stiffer at the rear, which will transmit all the weight to the tires directly and not only to the chassis. So, about the front suspension, increasing the damping would mean more weight transfered to the tires directly (maybe load is a more appropriate term) instead of being transfered to the front end (I'm sorry, I'm tired and can't find the appropriate words ).
Or if there is a reason for this way of operation, please tell me, because I fail completely to see it