it really all depends on what your goals are.

from there, you need basic understanding. not knowledge. understanding. understanding takes it further than just a bunch of knowledge.

come up with some ideas of what you want to do to accomplish your goals.

apply your understanding to your ideas (example- if the goal is pulling 2.5 lateral G's, then you'll need to build a totally custom suspension so you would to apply your understanding of suspension and start designing. )

then build it

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