Re:opinion modification hydragas
I thought of cutting the Hydragas at the top where it contains nitrogen (I measured the capacity of the upper chamber at 0.5 liters), removing the membrane, and welding a 2-millimeter thick steel plate. Then, weld a 1/2 inch threaded connector and connect an external membrane pre-loaded nitrogen accumulator (0.5 liters) at 18 bar (the accumulators are tested up to 300 bar). Connect them together with a high-pressure hose, and hide the accumulators somewhere under the car.
What do you think? Am I talking a lot of nonsense or could it work and solve the issue? Comments or insults are welcome; I won't be offended :lol:
I attach the diagram
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In theory I would think that your proposal would work, the problems that I see are 1st sealing the “cut” upper chamber, and 2nd would be finding space in a very cramped car to fit the new accumulators
Well done for thinking out of the box
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The capacity of the remote vessel need not be great, but it’ll need structural integrity enough to take, not only the pressure but the fittings, (nitrogen fill & fluid transfer.
Go for it, it’s bit inspired & performance shock absorbers have used external reservoirs for years.
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Yes, the receiving vessel is relatively expensive especially when you have more work to do in cutting down the original spheres but when you have finished you will have a unique car.
Brilliant, lateral thinking in an up or down world.
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.....which is approximately 17.59754 UK fluid ounces for the English-speaking audience..... [/attachment]
That will be the Americans, I was born in 1964 in England and only learnt metric measurement at school.
I look foward to updates on this project.
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No not Quite, our American friends have different size ounces to the old UK fluid ounces
.....which is approximately 17.59754 UK fluid ounces for the English-speaking audience..... [/attachment]
That will be the Americans, I was born in 1964 in England and only learnt metric measurement at school.
I look foward to updates on this project.
This is because in the UK a fluid ounce was determined by the volume of an ounce of water, where as in the US a a fluid ounce is determined by the volume of an ounce of wine.
I was born in 1961 and learned both systems at school including the American variations.
So to translate 17.59754 from UK ounces into US ounces in would be 16.907011 US ounces
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Unfortunately this would probably be not worth the effort and cost involved to develop, but would ultimately be the best solution.
I will continue to give it thought and consideration though.
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