New simulation rig helps 'tighten' racecar performance

摘要

In today's highly competitive racing industry ,driver skill and engine/drivetrain performance are not the only ingredients of a winning race team. Suspension and chassis design can be the deciding factor a team's success. Until recently, fine-tuning a racecar's chassis and suspension was done at the track through a process of trial and error. Livingston & Haven (L&H) and Accelerating Developments International (ADI) have developed the K-RIG and the KD-RIG to allow crews to conduct testing in a controlled environment that provides high-speed simulation data acquisition.