FYI - I found this to be very interesting, informative, and the shortest most complete disscussion of this topic I had come accross.

Best of all I learned quite a bit I thought I knew, but really did not understand :o

Enjoy this site.

Suspension dynamics - http://www.bmwhow2.com/techarticles/...keheating.html

another topic:
How hot do brakes get? - http://www.bmwhow2.com/techarticles/...keheating.html