There is much more to shock absorbers than just keeping your hot rod from floating around after it hits a bump in the road. Shocks are a major factor in chassis tuning, and they affect not only the ...

Shock absorbers have been around in one form or another since the early 1900s, but those drivers wouldn’t recognize the sophisticated dampers used on street or off-road vehicles today. A shock ...

There are three ways you can tell if you need to install new shocks on your Chevy Avalanche. If the shocks are wet and oily where the piston enters the shock body, they’re leaking and need to be ...

Road racers talk about camber gain, roll center, and Ackerman. Drag racers talk about instant center, anti-squat, and pinion angle. Although these are all important factors in maximizing lateral and ...

They have been called the "last frontier" in the increasingly regulated sport of NASCAR racing. What's all the fuss about? Shock absorbers. Shock absorbers, or dampers, control the rate at which ...

A number of different shock absorber designs are available, but the fundamental operation of each is the same. Shocks are basically multiple-chambered cylinders, with one or more orifices between ...