mono shocks

[gttouring]

how does this work?
i understand the double shock coil over spring in most cars, even have started to grasp the 3rd shock placed there
but how is it the single shock work? (i think it was in F3 or f3000 they use it.) if this goes in Racing Tech just move it i guess.

[GolddustMini]

http://www.insideracingtechnology.com/phnxtst.htm the latter half of that page might be useful

its hard to visualise how it works in roll or single wheel bump/rebound applications. to be fair im not sure on the real advantages of it are, i might be wrong but to me the only real advantage is the removal of a shock which obviously removes weight from above the roll centre, however, all the aditional mountings etc required to mount it and allow it to function correctly probably reduce this advantage to a neglegable gain, it would appear to me to be harder to setup as well

[Bob Pearson]

They are used extensively on BARC Renaults. They are surprisingly easy to set up once you have the view in your head of how they work. I am not convinced they achieve much that twin shocks can't do, except perhaps give a better control over pitch and yaw ( spring and damper controlled)without affecting roll settings ( controlled by two stacks of disc springs in the end of the sliding block).