Mark Ortiz' Chassis Newsletters

I didn't discover Mark's Chassis Newsletters until 2006 or so, for some reason. They're very well written articles on chassis and suspension setup. Mark doesn't have a web site, but he was kind enough to send me the issues I'd missed, which are all collected here for your enjoyment and edification.


May 2000
June 2000
July 2000
August 2000
September 2000
October 2000
November 2000
December 2000

January 2001
February 2001
March 2001
April 2001
May 2001
June 2001
July 2001
August 2001
September 2001
October 2001
November 2001
December 2001

January 2002
February 2002
March 2002
April 2002
May 2002
June 2002
July 2002
August 2002
September 2002
October 2002
November 2002
December 2002

January 2003
February 2003
March 2003
April-May-June 2003
July 2003 (part 1)
July 2003 (part 2)
August 2003
August 2003
September-October 2003
November 2003
December 2003

January-February 2004 .PDF
March 2004 .PDF
April 2004 .PDF
May 2004 .PDF
June 2004 .PDF
July 2004 .PDF
August 2004 .PDF
September-October 2004 .PDF
September-November 2004 .DOC
December 2004 .PDF

January-February 2005 .DOC
March-April 2005 .DOC
May-June 2005 .DOC
July-August 2005 .DOC
September-October 2005 .DOC
November-December 2005 .DOC

January 2006 .DOC
February 2006 .DOC
March 2006 .DOC
April 2006 .DOC
May 2006 .DOC
June 2006 .DOC
July 2006 .DOC
August 2006 .DOC
September 2006 .DOC
October 2006 .DOC
November 2006 .DOC
December 2006 .DOC

January 2007 .DOC
February 2007 .DOC
March 2007 .DOC
April 2007 .DOC
May 2007 .DOC
June 2007 .DOC
July 2007 .DOC
September 2007 .DOC
October 2007 .DOC
November 2007 .DOC
December 2007 .DOC

Jan/Feb 2008 .DOC
March 2008 .DOC
April 2008 .DOC
May 2008 .DOC
June 2008 .DOC
July 2008 .DOC
August 2008 .DOC

Prototype Mustang IRS .JPG
Suspensions, Olivier Champenois rally car .PPT


Mark also wrote several articles for Racecar Engineering, which they released to the web with some embedded advertising.

RE v9n3: Asymmetrical Race Cars 1 .PDF
RE v9n4: Asymmetrical Race Cars 2 .PDF
RE v9n5: Asymmetrical Race Cars 3 .PDF
RE v9n6: Asymmetrical Race Cars 6 [missing]