This week, we're going to go over some accepted "tuning rules" for Mini-Z, and explain why they work in the scope of the theory we went over last week, i.e.

Mx'' + Cx' + Kx = F(x).

Of course there are plenty of aspects of car tuning that don't involve the springs and dampers at all, and a whole other book of subtleties based on tire characteristics alone -- let me leave those for later articles. So without further delay, let's begin.

Tuning...