The Anti Anti-Roll Bar: Tenneco’s Kinetic Suspension Explained

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Offering better handling through hydraulics.

The lowly damper (a.k.a. shock absorber) is the unsung hero of any car's suspension system. Ride and handling specialists sweat untold hours over them, and engineers have painstakingly improved shocks with friction-reducing seals, gas pressurization, electronic valving, and even magnetic fields. While it's hard to argue with a 3-series BMW's poise or the comfort strides Ferrari has achieved of late, the damper's best days may lie ahead. Credit Australian Chris Heyring for inventing a superior means of controlling wheel and body motion and Tenneco for developing that technology into its Kinetic suspension system.

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Don Sherman 23 Jun, 2011

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Source: http://www.caranddriver.com/features/11q2/tenneco_s_kinetic_suspension_the_anti_anti-roll_bar-tech_dept
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