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Shock damping has no effect by the time the car has settled into a turn, but it can have a big effect on transient behavior. The shock damping can control the speed of the weight transfer. Contrary to what you might think, a softer shock will speed up weight transfer, and a stiffer one will slow it down. You can almost treat them as temporary sway bars.
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Keith Tanner (How to Build a High-Performance Mazda Miata MX-5 (Motorbooks Workshop))