 Hydraulic vs Gas shocks, Superstrut vs mcpherson cartridge |
 Jul 15, 2015 - 1:40 PM
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So opening the super strut shock to find out Toyota decided to use a hydraulic cartridge instead of the gas cartridge found in the McPherson set up.
I saw one video from YouTube and I only understood that hydraulic allows for a smoother and less harsh ride when strut rebounds. Is this true. Anybody else have any thoughts? -------------------- Group buy to replicate Narrow E series transaxle parts
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Jul 18, 2015 - 8:38 AM
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Most all shocks and struts have both oil and air. Monotubes divide a chamber of air and oil with a divider piston and a working piston that pushes down on the air pocket. Twintubes are just that and consist of two tubes joined together and have a working piston that pushes oil through a valve between the chambers. Gas-charged twintubes add a pocket of nitrogen air to the reserve tube to reduce foaming of the oil.
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BonzaiCelica Hydraulic vs Gas shocks Jul 15, 2015 - 1:40 PM
Tigawoods A Gas shock is basically a gas filled hydraulic sh... Jul 15, 2015 - 2:40 PM Noahwhite2014 QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Jul 15, 2015 - 1... Jul 15, 2015 - 3:46 PM BonzaiCelica Haha okay Jul 16, 2015 - 11:18 AM BonzaiCelica Ok I need to push out crimped superstrut shock hou... Sep 1, 2015 - 9:23 PM
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