So Matt what's it gonna take to approximate the BMW approach?
BMW is not the only ones BTW. The Racing Renaults are famous for having 6" of travel and yet are tenacious in cornering.
I like cars that can handle well, yet have very good compliance on rough roads.
The US way of doing it (And I guess the japanese too) is to just basically make everything firm.
And while this works just fine on silky smooth venues, it doesn't make it in the real world.
Now I also know that springs come in several different configurations from Linear to progessive along with being "soft" and "hard".
Now I know we can't change the basic suspension design of the vehicle, but we should be able to "bias" it a certain way.
What are your suggestions, conceptionally, to give us BMW handling?
Seems to me we would need soft, progressive springs with gas shocks (As I understand it, gas shocks have several advantages. Chief among them is consistency? and then they are also easier valved (probably because of consistency and lack of fluid temp problems)?
And what about the bushings?
Sometimes you can get different bushings that will affect handling.
The problem tho, as I see it, is that when aftermarket becomes available for the Murano, it will go like most other aftermarket here in the states.
That is it will go in exactly the wrong direction.
It will go toward lowered harder springs and shocks that are tighter than raw steel. Bushings will be some synthetic that will be like iron. Aftermarket sway bars etc will be 2" thick and guaranteed to never flex.
But I can dream.
Homer