Idea

Originally posted by BigRich



Edited: 11/3/2007 10:22:06 PM by BigRich

Don't feel bad man! I'm still working on my cordless extension cord, Think About It No More Dead Batteries or coils of cord! and believe me if it was out there you would buy it

I am sure there are other actuators out there that would work for this application. The purpose is to adjust the camber at any ride height to prevent tire wear. Whenever tires cost between 200-300 each for 22s, this seems like a cost effective means to prevent that.

I think a hydro cylinder would be better.

Originally posted by BigRich



Edited: 11/3/2007 10:22:06 PM by BigRich

Don't feel bad man! I'm still working on my cordless extension cord, Think About It No More Dead Batteries or coils of cord! and believe me if it was out there you would buy it

LMAO. haha. wow. i love it.

Edited: 11/3/2007 11:14:16 PM by ShortRodeo

Originally posted by daburban



I am sure there are other actuators out there that would work for this application. The purpose is to adjust the camber at any ride height to prevent tire wear. Whenever tires cost between 200-300 each for 22s, this seems like a cost effective means to prevent that.

You could always build your own clip. If you design the suspension correctly(for our use, not for performance or handling) then you should have minimal camber change through its travel. I have skectched up a few suspension that have over 14" travel and never go more than -5 degrees camber and the camber only kicks realy kicks in the last 2" or so of travel up and down most the time its less than 3 degrees...

I have seen that your body style chevys have huge camber issues when they lay out, but im sure people have found a way to fix that.

Originally posted by daburban



I am sure there are other actuators out there that would work for this application. The purpose is to adjust the camber at any ride height to prevent tire wear. Whenever tires cost between 200-300 each for 22s, this seems like a cost effective means to prevent that.

Why dont you just get aligned at your usual ride height and roll around there for the most part... that could solve your tire wear issue

First off... If you guys want to make fun of someone's ideas, do it somewhere else. If you have a question or idea that is a little different, I welcome them.

I think the idea has merrit, but it would be quite expensive to accomplish without some major time and money.

If you think about the speed that the actuators would need to be able to move in order to keep the alignment correct, your average OTC actuator would not do. The other issue would be the computer that would be needed to control it all.

Several years ago Formula cars were almost fully computer controled and to the best of my knowlege none of the teams ever ran actively adjustable suspension geometry. I think that ShortRodeo hit it on the head, if you were to spend the money and time on your own suspension design to do exactly what you need it to, you would not need to even concern yourself about activley adjustable suspension geometry.

Once again max is the voice of reason, That stuff they use in rod millen's shocks is pretty cool, you add a current to it and it thickens up so they have infinitly variable damping. But just do the math to figure out the inertia loads and you'll see there are very few cilynders that could hold that load let alone fit in the space given. watts links on the other hand I still don't fully get

Not sure if this is the same thing but Bose Audio has been working on a suspension system for over 20 years. If this system hits the market I would spend the money and get this for my truck!



http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VIEW_STATIC_PAGE_EVENT&url=/learning/project_sound/bose_suspension.jsp

CNC machine tables move pretty fast and accuratly too. One of the machines we have can hold 10,000 lbs on the table. Something like that would be able to take the abuse no problem. Seems like it could get pricy though.