Turn your grocery-getter into a corner carver or make your race car the class of the field with this comprehensive guide to improving handling. Noted driver and setup artist Don Alexander guides you through the myriad choices of springs, shocks, tires, wheels, antiroll bars, and more. He'll help you plan out a course of modifications that will have you cranking out high-g cornering forces on your favorite twisty road or at the race track. You'll also learn how to tune your vehicle's handling to make the most of its suspension components, whether they are stock or aftermarket parts. Topics covered in the High-Performance Handling Handbook include: An introduction to vehicle dynamics. A guide to tuning handling with crossweights. Tips on selecting aftermarket components, including antiroll bars, springs, shocks, bushings, chassis braces, camber adjusters, wheels, and brakes. Tire selection advice, including evaluations of specific tires from several top manufacturers. Procedures you can use to test your car's handling. Projects cars from Audi, Honda, Subaru, and Volkswagen. Whether you're building an autocross car, a drag racer, a road-racing machine, or the ultimate street ride, the High-Performance Handling Handbook will help you create an integrated suspension system and tune it for maximum performance. Table of Contents: What is handling? Vehicle dynamics and suspension modifications. Shocks and springs. Antiroll bars, bushings, camber adjusters, and chassis braces. Suspension alignment. Weighing, crossweights, and tuning with crossweights. Wheels and tires. Brakes. Aerodynamics. Testing handling. Tuning with tires. Tuning handling. Tuning with shocks. Motorsports. Audi project car. Honda project car. Subaru project car. Volkswagen project car. Resources. Published by Motorbooks. Softcover. 160 pages. 200+ b&w photos.

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