Wow I am really late to the party. This has to be one of the greatest threads on rc ever. Thank you Fred and thank all of you for passing on your unabated and sincere knowledge so we may bask in a little of your Zen. I feel the urge to stick a 'Tune With Camber Links' sticker on my car. I don't and can't pretend to fully understand what's going on here but I fully intend to refer back at a later stage in my rc 'career' when my mind is more prepared. That's how we learn right?

I have a layman question to help me better understand roll stiffness. I'll use 2wd buggy as front is soley for steering and rear is traction.

If I increase front roll stiffness, are my tires biting more (vertically) into the ground therefore inducing more steering? Or if I decrease front roll stiffness, my outside tire has more force over it (compared to inner tire) therefore increasing steering? As I understand, the outside tire plays more importance in steering(?)

For the rear, if I increase roll stiffness, do I get more forward traction? If I decrease roll stiffness, do I get more side traction, and less forward traction?

Using the broom analogy, more roll resistance means more force on the tire right? And if we use the correct shock oils, springs, pack, the tires will in theory have more force acting onto the ground with a high roll resistance (not skimming over bumps etc)? And thus the tires being more utilized, in terms of steering and (forward) traction.

Am I making sense or am I late for my pills?