Now I think I've got pretty good understanding of how the suspension works etc. and would have thought it is lighter than true doublewishbone suspension (though it does depend which model your comparing it to etc)
However his opinion is that it is far superior to that of MacPherson, due to its 'geometric freedom' allowing better 'scrub radius, camber compensation etc'
normal commuting and there is a noticible difference between them in daily driving particularly with turn in, and pulling out of junctions where your not pulling away in a straight line, this is exagerated in wet conditions particularly.
thats his opinion of superstrut, odd since others say after they've converted to Mac, they felt none if very little difference (apart from their wallet
)'if you took a car, one with and one without superstrut, everything else equal, the superstrut will be quicker, because the suspension geometry allows it to maintain higher grip levels. Unless the road is glass smooth where you can literally lock the suspension movement of the mac strut to virtually zero so the contact patch didnt change then the superstrut will always be better."
He also disagree's with my points about the TTE team (WRC GT4) going back to mac.
he also said the DC5 is crap
"i think a debate that parralels this one is the integra dc2 vs dc5, in this case honda took what many see as a backward step with the chassis, by losing the doublewishbone up front in favour of mcpherson struts. Now this isnt to say the dc5 isnt a capable car, it is, but the chassis isnt as good as the older dc2, if you listen to tuners who work on both cars, or proffesional suspension tuners, they will tell you the dc5 is much more difficult to setup, is far less versatile, and is just generally compromised from the beginning, so the end result is compromised, as in the example that it'll need much higher spring rates for example to keep camber under control, static camber and castor become a balancing act that can need to be changed for whatever the car is going to be used for that day, or the track its about to run on, so its use becomes comprimised to the situation its been setup for, its much more difficult to setup as an all round good handling car."
So is superstrut not all that it's cracked up to be? Does the cost outweigh the benfits of the setup
Thoughts? ideas? (yup the suspension tech. FAQ was a good source of info)
