Getting rid of the coil lets Porsche lower the strut tower. That allows different styling, and Porsche says it can even help ...

Spring and shock technology is moving forward at a staggering rate and Chris King of Viking Performance gets us up to speed. Road racers talk about camber gain, roll center, and Ackerman. Drag racers ...

Circle Track: When tuning for a specific track, what areas of the car are the biggest factors. Jeff Smith: It depends on how close we are on the setup when we get there. We generally have three areas ...

Hot rodders have a long history of raiding junkyards for unlikely heroes, and few parts have had a bigger second act than the ...

The terms "shock" and "strut" are often colloquially used to refer to the same part, perhaps because they both operate within a car's suspension apparatus. Structurally, however, they are distinctly ...

There is much more to shock absorbers than just keeping your hot rod from floating around after it hits a bump in the road. Shocks are a major factor in chassis tuning, and they affect not only the ...

This article was originally published on Cycle World. Single-shock rear suspensions are near-universal today. Traditional twin-shock setups are still seen, but exist mainly for reasons of retro style.

Much like muscles and tendons working together to absorb shock for the human body, or how running shoes cushion impact with each stride, a car's suspension combines carefully designed components to ...