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eh, give us a better fuel source that is widely available first



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Nifty, though I wonder what sort of electrical demands such a system would create. Enough of us are running high-output alternators so that we can push big subwoofers -- imagine how much power you would need if those drivers are supposed to be physically manipulating the suspension of your car? They say that it uses a regenerative system to get power back out of the compression of the suspension, but somehow I doubt we're looking at a perpetual motion device here.



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it's purdy.

how much weight is that beast going to add?



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This is quite old. I saw the video of the car actually jumping over a speed bump without the body moving.

That's crazy. I can see tons of benefits, but it does look like it will add a bunch of weight.
Of course, with a luxury car (that they'll start being available on), weight is not usually a huge consideration, and more weight actually translated into a smoother ride.
I like the idea of it counteracting forces from acceleration, braking, etc...Definitely watching this one.

let's setup a group purchase

neat and all... but most j-body owners are too cheap to buy a decent suspension setup as it is...

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let's setup a group purchase

I can just about imagine what the price tage would be on something like that

Maken Waves wrote:

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let's setup a group purchase

I can just about imagine what the price tage would be on something like that

$1,000,000 or $7 Euros.

id rock it

Not to sound smart but we talked about this in school. Its all electro magnets. Its not heavy nor does it have high electrical demands. each corner has two electro magnets with similar poles. increase power to magnets, magnets repel more, decrease power, megnets repel less, lowering car. its actually a really cool setup. Price is probably out of the question though. its suposed to be available in a couple years on highend cars.

horsepower is the force that determines at what speed you hit the wall, torque is the force that determines how far you take the wall with you after you hit it.

02 silver cavy wrote:Not to sound smart but we talked about this in school. Its all electro magnets. Its not heavy nor does it have high electrical demands. each corner has two electro magnets with similar poles. increase power to magnets, magnets repel more, decrease power, megnets repel less, lowering car. its actually a really cool setup. Price is probably out of the question though. its suposed to be available in a couple years on highend cars.

No offense, but saying "lowering car" doesn't explain anything.



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Decreasing the magnet power is just like decreasing spring rate. If you could decrease spring rate on a spring, the same spring would sit lower. The only downside that I see is that using this method to lower the car would decrease dampening in both directions potentially allowing too much suspension travel for a lowered vehicle, but it's probably capable of making many corrections per second, so the processor may be able to counteract that.

Yes, but the problem is that suspension was not made to lower the car. That suspension was made to sit at a normal ride height and have lightning-fast reactions to changes in pavement smoothness.



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