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# Top-ranked motorsports engineering text Comprehensive race car dynamics theory In-depth suspension & damper analysis Race Car Vehicle Dymanics

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> 🏎️ Drive smarter, not harder — the ultimate race car dynamics bible!

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## Key Features

- • **Highly Rated & Respected:** Join a community of 159+ enthusiasts who rate this book 4.7/5 for its unmatched depth and clarity.
- • **Master the Science of Speed:** Unlock advanced vehicle dynamics concepts that elevate your tuning game beyond street-level knowledge.
- • **Historical & Practical Blend:** Benefit from a unique mix of engineering formulas, real-world data, and industry recipes for hands-on application.
- • **University-Grade Engineering:** Trusted as a core textbook in automotive engineering courses worldwide—study what the pros learn.
- • **Precision Suspension Insights:** Decode damper tuning with expert guidance on ride/handling compromises for ultimate control and comfort.

## Overview

Race Car Vehicle Dynamics by Milliken & Milliken is a definitive textbook offering deep theoretical and practical insights into race car suspension and handling. Featuring detailed analysis of dampers, suspension load transfer, and real-world data, it’s a must-have for serious motorsports engineers, tuners, and enthusiasts seeking to master vehicle dynamics. Highly rated and widely used in academia, this book bridges the gap between theory and track-ready application.

## Description

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Review: The mother of all books about race cars - This is the mother of all books about race cars. If you were missing deep theoretical background on tuning your sports car or street car, this volume is for you. It is impossible to describe in detail what this textbook is about, in a single review. What I liked most is the chapter on dampers (shock absorbers). It gave me the answers to lots of questions that I had before reading this published work, for example how to choose "ride/handling compromise" when adjusting damping ratio? Why stiffer dampers are more comfortable on large-amplitude bumps, while softer dampers provide smoother ride on small-amplitude bumps? "In an automobile, a suspension is used to reduce the discomfort induced by unevenness in the highway. As measure of discomfort is the vertical acceleration that the passenger is subjected while sitting in the vehicle". The book demonstrates the model where the passenger is linked to the road via three springs in a sequence: tire, coil and the seat, and one damper (shock absorber). There is a graph showing passenger vertical acceleration depending on the amplitude (frequency) of road irregularities, for distinct shock absorbers with various damping ratios. For a stiff shock absorber this diagram shows relatively flat curve, where the vertical acceleration is almost independent of frequency of bumps. For the soft shock absorber, there is a very high peak (several times higher comparing to a stiff damper) of vertical acceleration for the low-frequency bumps, and this acceleration curve quickly decays as the frequency increases. There is another graph, "transient load transfer analysis", which shows that with soft dampers, the suspension load in a turn fluctuates. This is another answer to the question why stiffer dampers (to a certain extent) provide better handling. The order of the chapters is somewhat sporadic. The books is a mixture of sections of engineering information (formulas), historical background, sketches (e.g. torque arm rear axle suspension), recipes (KONI's published instructions for damper adjustment), and sample data (e.g. Goodyear tire data). Nevertheless, the work is so deep that in a couple of years after it's publication, it had been started being used as a university textbook. Based on comments from faculty, SAE have requested the authors to prepare a supplementary book of problems, to help the universities to examine the students. I also recommend "Theory of Ground Vehicles", by J. Y. Wong, in addition to this book.
Review: Good reference. - This was a gift; recipient was delighted.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #145,956 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #66 in Automotive Racing #72 in Motor Sports (Books) #101 in Automotive Engineering (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (163) |
| Dimensions  | 7 x 1.88 x 10 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1560915269 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1560915263 |
| Item Weight  | 4.6 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 920 pages |
| Publication date  | December 1, 1994 |
| Publisher  | SAE International |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The mother of all books about race cars
*by M***N on April 3, 2005*

This is the mother of all books about race cars. If you were missing deep theoretical background on tuning your sports car or street car, this volume is for you. It is impossible to describe in detail what this textbook is about, in a single review. What I liked most is the chapter on dampers (shock absorbers). It gave me the answers to lots of questions that I had before reading this published work, for example how to choose "ride/handling compromise" when adjusting damping ratio? Why stiffer dampers are more comfortable on large-amplitude bumps, while softer dampers provide smoother ride on small-amplitude bumps? "In an automobile, a suspension is used to reduce the discomfort induced by unevenness in the highway. As measure of discomfort is the vertical acceleration that the passenger is subjected while sitting in the vehicle". The book demonstrates the model where the passenger is linked to the road via three springs in a sequence: tire, coil and the seat, and one damper (shock absorber). There is a graph showing passenger vertical acceleration depending on the amplitude (frequency) of road irregularities, for distinct shock absorbers with various damping ratios. For a stiff shock absorber this diagram shows relatively flat curve, where the vertical acceleration is almost independent of frequency of bumps. For the soft shock absorber, there is a very high peak (several times higher comparing to a stiff damper) of vertical acceleration for the low-frequency bumps, and this acceleration curve quickly decays as the frequency increases. There is another graph, "transient load transfer analysis", which shows that with soft dampers, the suspension load in a turn fluctuates. This is another answer to the question why stiffer dampers (to a certain extent) provide better handling. The order of the chapters is somewhat sporadic. The books is a mixture of sections of engineering information (formulas), historical background, sketches (e.g. torque arm rear axle suspension), recipes (KONI's published instructions for damper adjustment), and sample data (e.g. Goodyear tire data). Nevertheless, the work is so deep that in a couple of years after it's publication, it had been started being used as a university textbook. Based on comments from faculty, SAE have requested the authors to prepare a supplementary book of problems, to help the universities to examine the students. I also recommend "Theory of Ground Vehicles", by J. Y. Wong, in addition to this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good reference.
*by A***G on February 8, 2025*

This was a gift; recipient was delighted.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Vehicle Dynamics Bible
*by B***Y on January 11, 2022*

I work in the automotive industry and this book is the bible for all things vehicle dynamics. A must have for any engineer or aspiring engineer who plans to work in vehicle dynamics or chassis design!

## Frequently Bought Together

- Race Car Vehicle Dynamics (Premiere Series)
- Race Car Aerodynamics: Designing for Speed (Technical (including tuning & modifying))
- Race Car Design

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