A comment from a FSAE discussion Site First; I want to tell you a tiny little thing ... Introduce yourself properly; name ,

country, team ... etc.

Secondly; There is a "Find" button at the utility bar up at the right just beside the "New" button, So try to search for your topic if it had been discused before so as to

save time and effort.

About your topic it had been discussed quite alot, But I'm going to share what I got anyway.

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First; If you haven't already read RCVD "Race Car Vehicle Dynamics" then you must.

Secondly; Start by tires ... Study the pneumatic tires very well ... Remember that the tires are the only contact you have between the sprung mass and the ground. I remember watching a video where Mr.Claude Rouelle who is a famous FSAE judge

and president of one of the leading companies in vehicle dynamics softwares "OptimumG" saying that if you know the forces acting on your tire contact patch

then you will be able to choose a suspension template.

Thirldy; If you want to start your design process, Then start by visualizing a 3D model of any type of suspension you want ... Start by 2D visualizing .. Start drawing on one of the CAD softwares "I recommend SolidWorks .. Not for a particular reason except that there is quite a lot of tutorials on youtube " Start by darwing two planes;

Front view and a side view .. And start sketching on the front view geometry by drawing lines to express your wishbones and your unsprung mass and then move to the side view ... After which; You should be able to transform the whole 2D drawing

into 3D you have 2 planes and the third one is the top plane.

Then; Put the whole geometry on a kinematics analysis software ... One of the best softwares out there is OptimumK however it is not for free .. Another free one and quite successful is Wishbone.exe it is an old program with old interface but it will

help much trust me.

Then start analyzing the results from the softwares such as the camber change due to body roll, bump, droop ... etc.

You won't be able to be sure about the results unless you have tire data !

Then go back to your model and edit it again and analyze once more and start iteration.

Work well on the compromises ... You'll have to loose something in order to win the other.

Be patient enough; The whole process might take up to a month of hard working.

Don't stop studying; Once you start design; Study more not less !

Know why before knowing how !! <--- VERY IMPORTANT NOTE HERE .

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That's it; I shared all what I have of knowledge ... I really like one quote or an OptimumG motto that says "Knowledge shared; Is knowledge squared".