b'TECH TIP PAGETech Tip 20: The shock Motion Ratio (MR) of yourlower control arms play two important roles. First isunderstanding the higher the motion ratio the bettercontrol your shocks will have over the suspensioncreating more grip. On the lower control arm (LCA), the closer the shockmounts out toward the wheel, the less leverage the LCAhas over the shock & the more control the shock has over the wheel. Shock control is good for grip.Being out closer to the wheel, the shock can respond quicker, which allows the shock to keep the tire & wheel loaded over the undulations of the track surface a higher percentage of time. Plus, the shock travel is closer to wheel travel providing better valving control.Second is figuring out what spring rates you need to achieve your target wheel rates. The raw MR formula is BC = MR. For example, a 16 control arm (C) with the shock mount (B) at 12 = .75 MR (Raw) To get your final motion ratio, we take the raw MR, square it, then multiply by the Cosine (CoS) factor for the shock angle. The Cosine factor varies with the shock angle, but for an example shock angle of 15 the CoS is .966.Carrying on with our raw MR of .75 example, the formula would be .75 x .75 x .966 = .543 final motion ratio. So, if we want a 300# wheel rate, we take 300#.543and figure out we need 552# springs. So, we pick 550# springs & live happily ever after in Victory Circle.All RSRT & Speedtech Extreme Lower Control Arms have been designed with high motion ratios for better shock control & grip!Tech Tip 21: If you draw a line through your upper & lower ball joints,to the ground, that is your cars steering axis. Your cars scrub radiusis the distance from the steering axis to tread centerline at ground level.If the steering axis intersects the center of your tread, that would be Zero Scrub Radius. The tire would literally PIVOT in the center of the tread as the car is steered, providing more grip when turning.Most production cars have 3-6 scrub radius & this causes the tirecontact patch to scrub as the car is steered. This is literally rippingthe tread around the steering axis further inboard, versus simplypivoting at the center of the tread. This dramatically reduces the tires grip on tight corners. All RSRT front suspensions are low, or zero, scrub radiusfor more grip on tight corners!207'