A new type of front suspension ?

[Tihol Tiholov]

L-A Richard says:

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),


Above concerns  the internal design of the shock absorber - it can have that
internal bump stop whether it's an insert, integral to the strut or a
classic shock on its own.
And "off-road driving" seems used very loosely in this case.  They should
say gravel roads.


> a task a normal McPherson is not designed to do.
>

Here you're talking about suspension design/type, regardless of what type
shock is used for damping.

Nick says:

Macpherson struts only design purpose was to save money.


And to have a strong, hard to break suspension as in rally - on all 4
corners.  Anything can be hastily designed and built with cheap materials to
save money - as the formerly big three have shown.  Many years ago a set of
used rally uprights for an UrQ was advertised for about $8K US.


>  They are pretty
> crappy performers in most respects.  I do find the band-aids to improve
> their performance interesting.
>

Except that all self-respecting rally cars still use them up to WRC level -
on all 4 corners.

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Tihol