Bose Suspension

BSFL89 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-28-2005, 10:33 PM

Hey guys first of all im moving over here from apg so ill be posting more here... but ive been a member for awhile....now for the news

Sunday 11/27 in the daily gazzete there was an article on bose and how they have been doing research in developing a state of the art suspension syste. Did anyone see that?? It was in the buisness section front page i believe.

crazybrew609 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-28-2005, 10:40 PM

nope i did not catch that but it sounds very interesting.. hopefully someone can shed some light on it

bluedominion · #3 (**permalink**) 11-28-2005, 10:49 PM

They've actually been developing it for a while. It was in Popular Science last year, I believe. It replaces the normal suspension components with linear electric motors and some sensors. The suspension then actively moves the wheels to eliminate most bumps, dips and body roll. It gets its power from a generator similar to an alternator, with about the same draw as an AC pump. As far as weight/sturdiness/performance/price, I don't know. None of that was really decided when PS was showing it, as it was the first time they had had it on a car. I never saw the videos, but I hear they were very impressive.

fujii13 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-29-2005, 12:09 AM

everything i've read on these is hat they do nothing for performance, and everything for comfort.

mercury grand marquis, here bose comes!!

mikecentola · #5 (**permalink**) 11-29-2005, 02:03 AM

yeah i read similar things about it being strictly for comfort and such

bluedominion · #6 (**permalink**) 11-29-2005, 10:14 AM

I'm not sure. I gathered that there was some performance benefit from eliminating body roll and the suspension being pro-active instead of re-active. More rubber on the road and all that. Then again, most of the testing they did was for comfort and not performance. Hopefully they'll test performance soon.

mikecentola · #7 (**permalink**) 11-29-2005, 10:27 AM

yeah i still don't think it will be able to create the same type of performance benefit as a well designed and implemented race suspension

BSFL89 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-29-2005, 01:01 PM

drawback to them are they are extremely heavy as well.. i think they were an extra 50-100 pounds each because of the motors they put into them compared to typical suspension systems

nysulli · #9 (**permalink**) 11-29-2005, 01:04 PM

not to mention just plain more stuff that could go wrong, either a well proven coil-over setup that can only mechanically fail, or a computer controlled mechanical system that can fail in the electronics, or the mechanics

i usually subscribe the KISS theory just to avoid issues like this

mikecentola · #10 (**permalink**) 11-29-2005, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BSFL89

drawback to them are they are extremely heavy as well.. i think they were an extra 50-100 pounds each because of the motors they put into them compared to typical suspension systems

yeah basically what i was getting at, because you'd never see it in a race environment hehe

intern8tion9l · #11 (**permalink**) 11-29-2005, 07:12 PM

yeah, boooo to even more electronics and sensors :kissmy: