Firepath
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I want to start a discussion on Magneride and how it affects sway bars.
With Magneride becoming more of a lower-model option in the 2018 car, it seems like it may eventually (5, 10, 15 years?) become the standard as more and more manufacturers use it over standard shocks. Eventually a company would be "left behind" if they didn't offer it as standard.
Secondly, and more the point of this post:
Can or will Magneride ever make sway bars redundant?
In the ever-growing push for cheaper manufacturing (since the dawn of mass-manufacture), lower NVH, and fuel efficiency / lightweighting (more recently) it would seem an obvious solution, to remove some parts (weight and complexity) from the design if their function can be incorporated into another existing component.
Sway bars literally bind (constrain, in some way) two wheels together, in a fairly crude attempt to reduce body roll and the associated control problems it creates.
Magneride could electronically reduce body roll, while still providing better comfort and performance.
Thoughts? comments? Does this sound feasible? Do you think this will happen? Is it a crazy idea? Is is already happening?
With Magneride becoming more of a lower-model option in the 2018 car, it seems like it may eventually (5, 10, 15 years?) become the standard as more and more manufacturers use it over standard shocks. Eventually a company would be "left behind" if they didn't offer it as standard.
Secondly, and more the point of this post:
Can or will Magneride ever make sway bars redundant?
In the ever-growing push for cheaper manufacturing (since the dawn of mass-manufacture), lower NVH, and fuel efficiency / lightweighting (more recently) it would seem an obvious solution, to remove some parts (weight and complexity) from the design if their function can be incorporated into another existing component.
Sway bars literally bind (constrain, in some way) two wheels together, in a fairly crude attempt to reduce body roll and the associated control problems it creates.
Magneride could electronically reduce body roll, while still providing better comfort and performance.
Thoughts? comments? Does this sound feasible? Do you think this will happen? Is it a crazy idea? Is is already happening?
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