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i'd hardly think it'd be possible to get a good final result based purely on using the weight, wheel-base and track specs of the vehicle and feeding the info into a computer simulator. You can only go so far with computer theorizing before you'd actually need to do some real world testing with the car in production spec.

The new A380 Airbus was designed and tested completly by computer programs, no wind tunnels, no prototypes. It is amazing what they can do. Just an interesting point since you mention the real world testing issue above.

I think it's been around for like 20 years or so.

I'm pretty sure GM invented it (or the other stuff that hsv is using) years and years ago in america.

I thought everyone on here would be aware of it existance.

great, every time you drive down the road you'd be like a streetsweeper, picking up old rusty nails and bits of wire.

Start of the trip your car weighs 1400kg and by the end it weighs like 14000kgs....................lol

HSV GTS Magnetic Ride Control

From an owner

The shocks have the fluid filled with metalic particles and a current runs through the fluid, the current can be altered making the shocks firmer when needed. The track setting is always firmer. There are sensors in each shock that can adjust the settings, they read the cars steering, braking, cornering forces every 100th of a second and adjust the suspension accordingly.

e.g. you hit the brakes, the front shocks get a current through them to firm them up, this stops the nose diving under brakes and reduces braking distances. Likewise you corner hard, the outside wheels are firmed up to stop body roll, you accelerate hard and the rear shocks are firmed up to stop the back dropping and the nose pionting up.

IMO the HSV setup is supperior to that of the Bose system. The main advantage of the MRC's found in HSV are costs (far cheaper) and packaging (far smaller). Top of the line ferrari's and Audi's TT along with Caddy's top of the line cars now use MRC.

I want it!

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/81312/...ion_System.html

(Note its in French but its pretty easy to get the point).

And I just went and got the Bilsteins and whiteline kit installed :(

This always happens to me :)

;)

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