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And badcoupe is correct... Newer dvds are available... along with Drinan you can get videos of the chassis seminar Gary Wright hosted at the chilibowl... i'm under the impression that those are more geared toward the guys who have been around long enough to have a grasp of the basics and are wanting more education about the fine tuning aspects...trying to gain a few extra years worth of experience in an afternoon with a veteran. And I know 2 guys, racing buddies for a few years, who went to one of them just knowing they were going to learn the trick secret hot setups that separate the pros from the weekend warriors...the ones that Danny Lasoski uses when he whips up on some local 360 racers like themselves... and they came out of the seminar thinking they had been cheated, lied to, and wondering where they needed to buy 5 grand worth of new stuff in order to finally be taught the secret handshake of sprintcar speed....
But for somebody who understands that the seminar is intended to speed up their learning curve and teach them how to turn variables into more consistency much can be gained.
Also like coupe said...all the comparison charts are available... if you have spent 30 years referring to a spring in terms of 225 pounds, 350 pounds, etc and absolutely have to know how a 1025 bar on a 14inch arm compares to a coil before you feel comfy the tools are there... or you can just realize that 1025 is middle of the road, 925 is super light, 1150 is super heavy, and there are multiple options in between then you know which way to go when you decide to deviate from your baseline and you don't need to see how each relates to a coil rating system.
There are plenty of variables for somebody to make it as complex and complicated as they want. But compared to any other suspended racecar it couldn't be more basic and crude. That's the beauty of openwheel cars.... plenty of what you need, nothing you don't need.
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