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Old 05-29-2015, 05:09 PM
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Default A Healthy Dose of Suspension Knowledge

Ron Sutton is not only a good friend of the crew here at Ridetech but he is also a very knowledgeable Suspension Specialist with some rich racing roots.

Ron Sutton has over 35 years of race experience throughout 80+ classes of racing including SCCA, USAC, SRL, NHRA, IHRA, IMSA, Indycar, Grand Am, and NASCAR. Ron will be hosting 4 workshops across the US between now and the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational in November.


The dates are; Columbus, OH July 9th; Bowling Green, KY Sept 10th; Fort Worth, TX Oct 1st; Las Vegas, NV Nov 5th


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I've known Ron for two years now. The man is Money and is helping me with one of his 3 link designs in a track car project.

Disclaimer: I'm also one of the guys quoted in the flyer above.
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Didn't his front suspension design fail on a Camaro, lower control arms buckled is what I had heard...
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I've never heard about that but anything's possible, including installation error. The only full tilt boogie car out there running it is Dusold Designs (sp?). He also designed Speedtech's new front sub so you could check w Blake.

I know you're friend's with Mike Maier, and he's buddies with Ron so you guys might know more.

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That's the Camaro that had the issues.
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That Dusold Camaro with Ron's chassis is wicked. Gonna be pretty dang fast once it's sorted out I bet.

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Disclaimer: I'm also one of the guys quoted in the flyer above.
Well doesn't that give you credibility! LOL

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So, for the unitiated, here's a great primer:

http://www.motoiq.com/Tech/TheUltima...nHandling.aspx

Start with part 1 and ignore the drift tech. If you can make sense of it, then the aforementioned workshop will really drive it home.
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Originally Posted by Flash68
Well doesn't that give you credibility! LOL
I've never had any cred, why start now

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