FridgeFreezer Posted Wednesday at 12:07 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:07 PM I happened across this and thought it would interest a few minds on here - not really sure if it's solving anything that regular old long-travel indy or beam axles wouldn't solve but then that's not the Porsche way... "complicate and add markup" and all that https://www.theautopian.com/porsche-built-a-crazy-off-road-suspension-that-goes-all-the-way-through-the-car-heres-how-it-works/ Here's a video: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted Wednesday at 01:45 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 01:45 PM (edited) So it's just a purely mechanical version of the hydraulic systems race cars have had for ages? I think Kyle.engineers has a good video on that, I'll see if I can dig it up. Edited Wednesday at 01:48 PM by elbekko 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L19MUD Posted Wednesday at 02:06 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:06 PM My takeaway from that video is that there is now something above the Porsche Dakar, a car I want, have no use for and can in no way afford 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted Wednesday at 02:38 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:38 PM I have absolutely no interest in Porsche, however I love the fact both factory and owners safari/Dakar the cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted Thursday at 08:31 AM Share Posted Thursday at 08:31 AM They could have just fitted a decent winch to an 80+ year old Porsche (and maybe fettled the engine a bit to be able to cope with the altitude): More to the point, wouldn't it have been much more logical to start from a Cayenne and use interconnected airsprings like LR does? Of course that would make it clear Porsche is no longer a sports car manufacturer. I'm sure the marketing guys did the maths and concluded that the expense is warranted as it will validate a price increase over the entire 911 range and the addition of a couple of ludicrously expensive special editions. Maybe we should try a similar expedition with an old Land or Range Rover. Anyone into crowd funding? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted Thursday at 10:38 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 10:38 AM 2 hours ago, Escape said: Maybe we should try a similar expedition with an old Land or Range Rover. Anyone into crowd funding? 😁 Good idea - we should just fund @Stellaghost to drive up the same volcano 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted Thursday at 12:32 PM Share Posted Thursday at 12:32 PM 1 hour ago, FridgeFreezer said: Good idea - we should just fund @Stellaghost to drive up the same volcano I'll volunteer as support crew...... Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted Thursday at 02:57 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:57 PM I'd have no problems picking a dream team from the members here. Funding is another matter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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