View Single Post
Old 02-12-2011, 01:25 AM   #5 (permalink)
darcane
.........................
 
darcane's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Buckley, WA
Posts: 1,597
Thanks: 391
Thanked 488 Times in 316 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
Here's how an ideal suspension could work:

Hydraulic springs ...
This makes some sense... but what is a "Hydraulic Spring"?

Hydraulic fluids are typically incompressible, so you can't use a hydraulic cylinder as a spring. If you are thinking of just a hydraulic cylinder replacing the spring and routing the fluid to a some device to harness the power generated... well, the suspension will just collapse once and the car will stay on the ground. You still need an actual spring in the system.

Mike
__________________
Past Cars:

2001 Civic HX Mods

CTS-V

2003 Silverado Mods
  Reply With Quote