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🔧 4-Link Suspension A suspension design using four control arms (links) to locate a sol…

A

🔧 Ackermann Steering geometry that makes the inside front wheel turn more sharp… 🔧 Anti-squat Rear suspension geometry that controls how much the rear squats und… 🔧 Approach Angle The steepest incline a rig can drive straight up without its front…

B

🔧 Bellcrank Steering A pair of pivoting arms that take the servo\x27s movement and feed… 🔧 Brass Weight Heavier brass replacements for standard parts — knuckles, portal co… 🔧 Bump Steer Unwanted toe change that happens as the suspension moves up and dow…

C

🔧 Camber The inward/outward tilt of a wheel viewed from the front. Negative… 🔧 Caster The backward tilt of the steering axis. More caster = more stabilit… 🔧 Center of Gravity (CG) The point the vehicle\x27s weight effectively balances around. 🔧 Chassis Flex How much the chassis itself twists and bends under load, which acts…

D

🔧 Droop How far a suspension can extend downward from ride height — more dr…

H

🔧 Hub Carrier The part at the outer end of a rear suspension arm that holds the a…

K

🔧 Kick-Up The upward angle of the front of the chassis, which tilts the front…

P

🔧 Portal Axle An axle with a gear reduction built into each wheel hub, raising gr… 🔧 Punch How aggressively the car accelerates off the throttle — the initial…

R

🔧 Ride Height How far the chassis sits above the ground at rest — lower ride heig… 🔧 Roll Center The geometric point a chassis rolls around during cornering, set by…

S

🔧 Servo saver A sprung link in the steering that flexes on impact so a hard hit d… 🔧 Shock Limiter A spacer fitted inside a shock, over the shaft, so it cannot compre… 🔧 Shock Piston The small drilled disc on the end of the shock shaft that forces oi… 🔧 Shock Rebound How quickly a shock pushes back out after being compressed. 🔧 Skid Plate A replaceable plate underneath the chassis that takes the impacts a… 🔧 Solid Axle A one-piece axle where both wheels at that end are mechanically lin… 🔧 Spring Rate How stiff a shock spring is — the force needed to compress it a giv… 🔧 Sway Bar (Anti-Roll Bar) A stiff wire linking the left and right suspension that resists bod…

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🔧 Toe Whether the wheels point slightly in (toe-in) or out (toe-out) view… 🔧 Torque Twist The chassis lifting or leaning to one side under hard acceleration,… 🔧 Traction Compound A liquid or additive applied to tires (mainly on-road/carpet racing… 🔧 Tweak A twist in the chassis or suspension that makes one corner sit lowe…

U

🔧 Unsprung Weight The weight of parts that move with the wheel rather than the chassi…

W

🔧 Weight Transfer How much grip shifts from one end/side of a car to the other under… 🔧 Wheelbase The distance between the front and rear axle centerlines — a bigger… 🔧 Wheelie Bar A small wheeled arm sticking out behind the car that stops it flipp…