Tune to Win: The art and science of race car development and tuning

by Carroll Smith

Covers the development and tuning of race car by clearly explaining the basic principles of vehicle dynamics and relating these principles to the input and control functions of the racing driver. An exceptional book written by a true professional.

Genres: Racing, Engineering, Cars, Nonfiction, Sports, Technical

173 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1978

Reviews

[Erick Corona]

Very informative on how racecars are tuned. I read it to make better setups in simracing. Many of the things explained are complicate, and only useful when building a real car. In simulators, a smaller percentage of the book is useful. It's very interesting, however, to know the work involved in setting up a real car.

The book is old, but most of what it says is still good advice today. Carroll is also fun to read.

[Ariel Gil]

The first thing to read when designing racecars.

[ShadierRook]

Super dense, but fantastic for tuning knowledge. Feel way more prepared for FSAE and have been successfully using the advice to tune in Assetto Corsa.

[Shubham Saurav]

A great read for racing enthusiast.