Race Car Technology - Level Three Book
Professional Applications of Race Car Technology
After completion of RCT Levels One and Two, you are then ready to move on to RCT Level Three. This course builds on the information contained in the first two Levels and represents the final step in your race car technology education. This is what you have been preparing for. This is the final step in creating that winning setup.
We take all of the information contained in RCT Levels One and Two and move on to making advanced decisions for setting up the race car. The methods and technology contained in Level Three complete the journey to developing a winning setup.
This Level deals with Forces and Loads and how the components on the race car can be designed and setup to provide the best setup for the most performance.Upon completion of Level Three, you will be able to perfect your setup for the most performance possible. These are the secrets contained herein that are not shared throughout the industry, but can be learned by you in a relatively short amount of time.
Here is the Table of Contents for Level Three...
Lesson 1 - Goals of RCT Level Three - Developing A Working Setup
Lesson 2 – Concept Of Balance – In Depth Analysis
Lesson 3 – Forces On The Race Car
Lesson 4 – Roll Angle Analysis & Springs
Lesson 5 – Weight Transfer vs. Static Loading
Lesson 6 – Weight Distribution Front To Rear
Lesson 7 – Dynamic Loading- Gale Force Analysis
Lesson 8 - Angle Of Attack Analysis – How Tires Generate Grip
Lesson 9 – Advanced Front Geometry - Contact Patch Optimization
Lesson 10 - Rear Steer Concepts and Uses
Lesson 11 - What Makes Traction?
Lesson 12 – Force Verses Weight
Lesson 13 - Where Does Force Come From???????
Lesson 14 – The Sway Bar Use As A Spring
Lesson 15 – Aero Downforce & Tire Loading
Lesson 16 - Practical Application Part One
Lesson 17 - Practical Application Part Two
Lesson 18 – Advanced Racing Shock Tuning In Transitions
Lesson 19 – Tuning The Setup At The Track
Lesson 20 – Post Race Evaluation
Lesson 21 – Summation For RCT Level Three
Your Instructor
Bob is a long time race car engineer, consultant, inventor, author and manufacturer. He began his career in the early 1990's with short track late models at New River Valley Speedway. A lot has happened since that time. He has consulted with racers all over the world through the use of his racing setup software he developed in 1996, and from 2002 to 2018 as Senior Technical Editor of Circle Track magazine. He has personally setup nearly every type of race car including every division racing on circle tracks as well as hybrid formula road racing cars. Through his long career, he has educated literally thousands of racers in the art of race car engineering and setup.