4 wheel double wishbone
10-06-2009, 12:37 PM
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4 wheel double wishbone
What production cars still come with 4-wheel double wishbone suspension? I know that 911's, BMW's, and modern Honda's are using a McPherson struts on at least 2 wheels. Double wishbone, while ideal, seems to have been mostly replaced.
10-06-2009, 01:15 PM
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Oh, I can't wait to see the nonsense this thread produces. I'm not blaming the thread, I'm just expecting some real silly responses.
10-06-2009, 03:25 PM
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Kappas and the Corvette are double wishbone. I think most/all Ferraris are as well. I'm not sure the NSX started any suspension trends. Double wishbone in the front is a very old design. The first Miata used 4 corner wishbone and came about about the same time as the NSX. The C4 Corvette, the first volume car to use forged suspension arms had wishbones in the front and multi-link in back. Then again so did the C3.
Also, technically double wishbone is a subset of multi-link. Double wishbone is just a special case where, kinematically speaking, two links meet at the same outboard point.
When push comes to shove, double wishbone doesn't ensure anything good any more than struts ensure something bad. With suspension most of the devils are in the details.
Also, technically double wishbone is a subset of multi-link. Double wishbone is just a special case where, kinematically speaking, two links meet at the same outboard point.
When push comes to shove, double wishbone doesn't ensure anything good any more than struts ensure something bad. With suspension most of the devils are in the details.
10-06-2009, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by tantheman,Oct 6 2009, 02:33 PM
Was it the NSX that started this trend with double wishbone on all four corners?
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Before MacPherson struts fronts and multilink rears really took off, alot of mainstream cars had double wishbone fronts and solid rear axle or trailing arm rears . Thus some older sporty cars had double wishbone setups all around. For example my 1987 Supra has double wishbones all around.
10-06-2009, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by rockville,Oct 6 2009, 03:25 PM
Kappas and the Corvette are double wishbone. I think most/all Ferraris are as well. I'm not sure the NSX started any suspension trends. Double wishbone in the front is a very old design. The first Miata used 4 corner wishbone and came about about the same time as the NSX. The C4 Corvette, the first volume car to use forged suspension arms had wishbones in the front and multi-link in back. Then again so did the C3.
Also, technically double wishbone is a subset of multi-link. Double wishbone is just a special case where, kinematically speaking, two links meet at the same outboard point.
When push comes to shove, double wishbone doesn't ensure anything good any more than struts ensure something bad. With suspension most of the devils are in the details.
Also, technically double wishbone is a subset of multi-link. Double wishbone is just a special case where, kinematically speaking, two links meet at the same outboard point.
When push comes to shove, double wishbone doesn't ensure anything good any more than struts ensure something bad. With suspension most of the devils are in the details.
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10-06-2009, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris S,Oct 6 2009, 02:09 PM
Multi-link seems to have surpassed double-wishbone in performance for rear suspension.
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10-06-2009, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by tantheman,Oct 6 2009, 05:33 PM
Was it the NSX that started this trend with double wishbone on all four corners?
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