Hydraulic Suspension tricks

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Zynerji
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Re: Hydraulic Suspension tricks

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What about the teams that run their DRS actuator through the center of the exhaust pipe? Would it be possible to actually circulate that hydraulic fluid through the suspension hydraulics, via Reservoir transfer, to then expand the hydraulic fluid and change the height of the spring seats, thus changing ride height dynamically?

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Zynerji wrote:
24 Jul 2017, 15:50
What about the teams that run their DRS actuator through the center of the exhaust pipe? Would it be possible to actually circulate that hydraulic fluid through the suspension hydraulics, via Reservoir transfer, to then expand the hydraulic fluid and change the height of the spring seats, thus changing ride height dynamically?
I think that what they are trying to make is to use the metal expansion to raise the center of the rear wing a little bit, changing the angle and decreasing drag. I don't know what kind of metal are they using for the part of the support that goes thru the exhaust pipe, but is would definitely expand nicely at 800+C