[Lothar]

Now that we have TB's and adjustable sway bars on the table, Have we neglected the effects of damping on the oversteer characteristics. For street, you have people running combinations of sport and HD shocks. For the track, I've seen some running custom valved shocks or sports all the way around. I would think that an awful lot is going to depend on how fast you are loading and unloading the springs. So, couldn't you see radical differences in handling depending on the valving of the shocks?

I seem to recall that most professional race teams spend more time tuning bump, rebound and tire pressures to acheive the optimum setup. Is that just because they show up so close to spot-on?