Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Neilson - Here we go again!

[Lashdeep Singh (lashdeep]

Amazing innovation for sure...the speed at which the current can be changed to 
manipulate damping is “shocking”.

:)

I can’t decide which tech I like better...this or DSSV on the current Camaro 
ZL1.

That is another development being acquired by everyone else...



> On Oct 12, 2020, at 13:45, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:
> 
> I was at a dealer meeting when the Magnetic shocks were being
> introduced for the Corvette.  They passed around a pair of syringes
> that had been joined nose-to-nose, so when you push one plunger, the
> other would move.  In other words, you could push the liquid back and
> forth between the two syringes.  The syringes were filled with the
> shock fluid.
> 
> The fluid was quite thin and readily moved between them.  ----  Until
> a button magnet was placed at the joint between the syringes.  The
> fluid essentially solidified and would no longer flow.  Very
> interesting demonstration of the technology behind the shock
> absorbers.
> 
> Hans.
> 
>> On 10/11/20, Lashdeep Singh via Ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> wrote:
>> Yes, for the Corvette.
>> 
>> Everyone else shrewdly purchased the technology from them.
>> 
>> Roma’s Magneride feels pretty good...
>> 
>>>> On Oct 11, 2020, at 23:55, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I believe it was Delphi that developed magnetic shock technology.
>>> 
>>> Peter
>>> 
>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Lashdeep Singh
>>> Sent: October 11, 2020 8:11 AM
>>> To: Peter Rychel
>>> Cc: The FerrariList
>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Neilson - Here we go again!
>>> 
>>> Peter, good points and I think you are correct.
>>> 
>>> Magnetic shocks are so good...best piece of chassis development in
>>> decades!
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 10, 2020, at 00:58, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I’ll be doing a test-drive of a Roma next week. Looking forward to it.
>>> 
>>> I have felt that these modern Ferraris (and modern cars in general) hide
>>> their weight well through all of the electronic controls (steering,
>>> E-Diff, suspension, etc) they feature.
>>> 
>>> Peter
>>> 
>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Lashdeep Singh via Ferrari
>>> Sent: October 9, 2020 10:04 AM
>>> To: PeterGT4
>>> Cc: The FerrariList
>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Neilson - Here we go again!
>>> 
>>> Clyde, you are right. The newer cars are very good.
>>> 
>>> I drove a Roma last weekend...pretty cool.
>>> 
>>> And not grotesquely over weight for 2020!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 9, 2020, at 12:26, Clarence Romero Jr. <clyderomerof4 [at] gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My 575 is much better on the road than my 512 TR
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>     RF4-4EVR
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Scars are Tattoos with better stories !
>>> 
>>> If you have no enemies, you have no character !
>>> 
>>> Clyde Romero
>>> 
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>>> On Oct 9, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Lashdeep Singh via Ferrari
>>> <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Very true!
>>> 
>>> TRs are the ultimate open road high speed cruiser.
>>> 
>>> The extra weight makes for a very resilient and comfortable GT.
>>> 
>>> That same weight doesn’t help track manners. Also, the rear subframe is
>>> bolted onto the rest of the car.
>>> 
>>> This causes some flex at extreme maneuvers...
>>> 
>>> Hard to beat one for a fast road trip in the 200-250 km/h range.
>>> 
>>> Solid as can be for that use...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 8, 2020, at 21:10, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> TR is a freeway cruiser... and very good for that.
>>> 
>>> On Thursday, October 8, 2020, 2:52:01 PM PDT, Martin Stark
>>> <mstark [at] copper.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Exactly!  Though TR brakes, wheels and tires can be upgraded you can't
>>> easily improve their HP to weight ratio.  Their best use is as a GT car or
>>> to attract members of the opposite sex.
>>> 
>>> ~Marty '87 TR
>>> 
>>>> On 10/8/2020 5:39 PM, Dick Petrick wrote:
>>> I have a 1985 TR…It is a fun car to drive. It is not a track car. It was
>>> designed to be a GT car, not a track car.
>>> 
>>> People who buy TRs today aren’t looking for a track car. If they were,
>>> they buy a 430 Scud or a 458 Italia GT3.
>>> 
>>> Two problems with the TR for track use…Breaks would not stand up to track
>>> abuse….The TR is too heavy for the available bhp.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Dick Petrick
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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