Wheel Centre Stiffness / Longitudinal Compliance – Suspension KPI

Wheel centre stiffness (the inverse of wheel centre compliance) is a measure the equivalent longitudinal stiffness of the suspension system at the wheel centre. It is measured in Newtons per metre (N/m) or Newtons per millimetre (N/mm).

In practice longitudinal stiffness is tuned as shown below.

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