So, I don't hablo Frances. Does this really make it possible to "jump" over things?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSi6J-QK1lw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSi6J-QK1lw
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So, I don't hablo Frances. Does this really make it possible to "jump" over things?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSi6J-QK1lw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSi6J-QK1lw
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So it’s the newer magnetic controlled suspension systems? Just a highly developed one from bose. (kind of random for them, does not seam to fit into their normal business model. Wonder why they developed that?
it would be pretty cool though if they could automate the “bunny hop” with a sensor on the front of the car. If you approach a bump too fast it hops over it instead of hitting it to prevent rim damage :lol:
it would be pretty cool though if they could automate the “bunny hop” with a sensor on the front of the car. If you approach a bump too fast it hops over it instead of hitting it to prevent rim damage :lol:
Uhmmmm Delphi has perfected this technology and long since put it in cars (ok minus the bunny hop, but it does set the suspension to ueber soft when running into a bump like that so the body doesn't feel the full impact).
Since Delphi is owned by GM, they put it in the Corvette first and then a Caddy. Its also addorning Ferraris, just in case there are any out there that assume its on a GM so it must be crap!
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Its nice for them to have competitors, to keep the price down, but hardly revolutionary, and I'd guess they just reverse engineered their system as a starting point. Edit: Oh, and BTW, since this is an option on the C6 and may be equiped on the new 650hp Corvette ZR-1, you can actually install these "smart shocks" and mini-computer on a C5, which I'm planning to do when I get around 60K miles on the car.
Since Delphi is owned by GM, they put it in the Corvette first and then a Caddy. Its also addorning Ferraris, just in case there are any out there that assume its on a GM so it must be crap!
Its nice for them to have competitors, to keep the price down, but hardly revolutionary, and I'd guess they just reverse engineered their system as a starting point. Edit: Oh, and BTW, since this is an option on the C6 and may be equiped on the new 650hp Corvette ZR-1, you can actually install these "smart shocks" and mini-computer on a C5, which I'm planning to do when I get around 60K miles on the car.
Its more than just the Corvette and Escalade (and other Caddies) and Ferrari as pictured before, but Audi is using them too, such as on the new R8.
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http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/11/30/030267.html
The video to the right of the one posted says its the same current controlled magnetorheological fluid, and the demo looks exactly the same as the demos for the Delphi equiped vehicles.
The only thing I haven't seen and that would be different, is that it can somehow actually apply force to the suspension, implying that it also has hydraulics. My guess is that this is a supplimental addition to it, similar to what Mercedes is using in some of their cars now, mainly just to control ride-height, and that was just a tech-demo making it hop (it wasn't at all smooth afterall, although cool in a Knight Rider type of way).
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/11/30/030267.html
The video to the right of the one posted says its the same current controlled magnetorheological fluid, and the demo looks exactly the same as the demos for the Delphi equiped vehicles.
The only thing I haven't seen and that would be different, is that it can somehow actually apply force to the suspension, implying that it also has hydraulics. My guess is that this is a supplimental addition to it, similar to what Mercedes is using in some of their cars now, mainly just to control ride-height, and that was just a tech-demo making it hop (it wasn't at all smooth afterall, although cool in a Knight Rider type of way).
It does the rough road thing exactly the same.
You can tell by how old this video is how long Delphi has been ACTUALLY putting these systems in working factory cars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66x56Agm-YQ
I'm really not trying to knock the Bose system and it does go one step further using hydraulics, but just saying that they aren't innovators. Delphi deserves honors for that and has a lot of production vehicles using this including multiple exotics available right now that purchased this technology from them.
Edit: Oh yeah, I did forget to mention, the video I linked for the old Corvette is the F45 suspension, the one I have, not the improved F55 suspension on the C6, Ferrari's, R8s, and so forth. I don't have a video of the new one, but its the same technology but further improved to smooth and flatten the ride. Just picture the same thing, but even less body movement cuz its got a faster computer and new algorithms.
You can tell by how old this video is how long Delphi has been ACTUALLY putting these systems in working factory cars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66x56Agm-YQ
I'm really not trying to knock the Bose system and it does go one step further using hydraulics, but just saying that they aren't innovators. Delphi deserves honors for that and has a lot of production vehicles using this including multiple exotics available right now that purchased this technology from them.
Edit: Oh yeah, I did forget to mention, the video I linked for the old Corvette is the F45 suspension, the one I have, not the improved F55 suspension on the C6, Ferrari's, R8s, and so forth. I don't have a video of the new one, but its the same technology but further improved to smooth and flatten the ride. Just picture the same thing, but even less body movement cuz its got a faster computer and new algorithms.
Ya aint actually readin what I wrote. See the end of post #12 and the 2nd and 3rd paragraph of post #10.
You'll be happy to know though that I'm full of ****. I had misunderstood the french video, and its actually nothing at all like the Delphi system. On the plus side, turns out you are full of **** too, so its all good!
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Should have googled more: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-suspension9.htm
That explains better how its able to completely hop. Its not two systems like I thought, but a completely new one I hadn't heard of. Achieves more or less the same thing, but this is a fully active-suspension w/ more potential. You could make the car dance or drive around on three wheels if you wanted hahahaha! Quick! I need some spinna's, stat!
So I was p-p-p-p-pwned! Still <3 the Delphi system though, so suck it! But now that I've been schooled by howstuffworks, Bose deserves 100% innovation props. :thumbup: *salts hat*
You'll be happy to know though that I'm full of ****. I had misunderstood the french video, and its actually nothing at all like the Delphi system.
On the plus side, turns out you are full of **** too, so its all good! :lol:
Should have googled more: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-suspension9.htm
That explains better how its able to completely hop. Its not two systems like I thought, but a completely new one I hadn't heard of. Achieves more or less the same thing, but this is a fully active-suspension w/ more potential. You could make the car dance or drive around on three wheels if you wanted hahahaha! Quick! I need some spinna's, stat!
So I was p-p-p-p-pwned! Still <3 the Delphi system though, so suck it! But now that I've been schooled by howstuffworks, Bose deserves 100% innovation props. :thumbup: *salts hat*
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