[urq] NAC : A new type of front suspension ?

[NIck Miller]

Macpherson struts only design purpose was to save money.  They are pretty
crappy performers in most respects.  I do find the band-aids to improve
their performance interesting.

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Right, but with a twist:
>
> It is in fact a perforated bellows that is mounted around the shock rod,
> inside the body and over the piston and is normally filled with shock oil.
> It's only role is to add a supplemental bump stop when the wheel drops in a
> hole (in off-road driving), a task a normal McPherson is not designed to
> do.
>
>
> From what I can see, it will work only once since if the wheel do drop
> fully
> and compress that bellows, it will lose its oil rapidly but should take a
> while to refill. So it must be useful only in low speed off road driving.
>
> Louis-Alain
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] De la part
> de thejimrose
> Envoyé : 21 août 2010 21:13
> À : quattro at audifans.com; larichard at plguide.com; koenigj at comcast.net;
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> Objet : Re: [urq] NAC : A new type of front suspension ?
>
> bet my arse that 'stop absorber' is just a bump stop. or "micro cellular
> secondary springs" if you wanna get fancy.
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