8th Generation Honda Civic Forum - View Single Post - Suspension Theory/Chat Thread
View Single Post
Old 08-21-2007, 09:01 PM   #135 (permalink)
Sirbelch
Senior Member
 
Sirbelch's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Anaheim, CA
Age: 30
Posts: 11,109
Paul
Too low is not bad on a car that is designed for it, i.e. any ground up race car. Too low is bad for a street car do to the lack of suspension travel. The lack of suspension travel does not allow the car to resist the forces of turning AND absorb bumps at the same time. This causes the car to hit its bump stops which will then send that corner of the car (or side, or whole car) off the ground. A tire that is not on the ground isn't doing anything to help the car turn, stop, or accelerate.
Sirbelch is offline   Reply With Quote