An on-road car book will get you started... try "Fundamentals of Road
Vehicle Dynamics" by Thomas Gillespie also--

I don't remember if any of those books mention this.. but you want to
keep your center of gravity (CG) and roll center (RC) close to one
another or you will get significant body roll and require a sway bar..
this all ties into roll stiffness also--


--- In offroadgokarts@yahoogroups.com, "xsnowwolf2000"
<xsnowwolf2000@...> wrote:
>
> the book is called chassis engineering by Herb Adams isbn#1-55788-055-7
> its really ment for racing on paved roads but he get in the
> nittygruitty of all the factors involved in the design on a vehicle
> from the ground up such as: types of suspention /types of chassis
> design/ how to best design and build your suspention/he talks about
> how body roll effects the camber and whats are the best ways to fix
> ththis before you accually build the suspention first.etc. but if you
> guys really want to build your own karts i will suggest one of these
> kart/mini buggys sites that offer plans to build full and complete
> vehicles 1. http://www.edge.au.com/
> 2. http://www.badlandbuggy.com/
> 3. http://www.desertkarts.com/
> 4. http://www.ubuilditplans.com/SII.html not sure of this one
> but go for it
> i hope i was help
>
>
> In offroadgokarts@yahoogroups.com, Joe Iarocci <jdi350@> wrote:
> >
> > my questions are regarding suspension...I'm wondering where I can
> get some ideas for a good off-road supsension..how do I post this
> question on the message board?
> >
> >
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