Magneride - How it Works | SCIENCE GARAGE

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Magnetic suspensions are all over the place nowadays… you probably know that they work with magnets… it’s in the name! But what’s going on inside the dampers that makes them act like different shocks at different times? It’s a simple concept with a complex computer that makes sure your suspension is loose when your car needs to feel smooth and comfortable, but stiffens up when you need handling and stopping power!
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[@philipgallagher69420]

"magnets, how do they work" Incredible reference. Very subtle. 10/10

[@Nitro946]

I was hoping someone else got it

[@jaferlastname1760]

I was hoping someone else got it

[@DrIsis]

I also was hoping someone else got it

[@lofiseeker1790]

I was hoping it got someone else.

[@tyler9703]

I was also hoping someone else got it

[@thecapone45]

When someone explains the science of how to have a certain effect, I’m always more surprised that someone FIGURED that out first and somehow was able to apply it to a car’s suspension system. That’s beyond me. And the same occurs in old time calculators for the 60s and watch mechanisms. It’s all so incredible.

[@KiriRose]

This guy explained shocks better in 3 minutes than my mechanical professor did in 3 years .

[@wahpanda1520]

SHOCK

[@legoc3po601]

Shocking

[@theneondarkness1579]

Color me SHOCKED!

[@TheScrubmuffin69]

Why did you take a 3 year class on shocks

[@KiriRose]

@@TheScrubmuffin69 not exactly three years just general mechanical class for 3 years

[@sirlancenolasco3552]

Heeey! As a petroleum engineering student, I'm sooo glad you talked about newtonian and bingham plastic fluids.

[@odysseas7705]

Do science garage on blinker fluid!!!

[@jaferlastname1760]

What's that? Incase its important i drive an m5

[@CrocoCum]

@@jaferlastname1760 it's basically determines your car photoelectric quantum vibralizer stiffness so that you can get a swift response from the throttle body.

[@jaferlastname1760]

@@CrocoCum r/whooosh

[@lucianconstantin2051]

@@jaferlastname1760 you know he ain't for real though, do you? So whooosh back at ya.

[@jaferlastname1760]

@@lucianconstantin2051 Let's see if he thinks I'm for real

[@odethious5639]

Bart nonchalantly says: "Magnets, how do they work?" This is why Bart is the funniest in donutmedia and he needs to come back

[@mq5731]

Maybe we should ask C100

[@pewpew953]

Why did he leave though?

[@shanhussain6114]

Now do a science garage on crumple zones

[@austinecrow]

AY DO THIS

[@SilverHunterIsHunted]

I'll send some pics of my recent accident. My Impreza hatchback looked like a Honda fit after, but I came out without serious injuries

[@Omar-em7rl]

@EastPhilly good investment, now pocket the money and move to another brand before you blow a head gasket.

[@wahpanda1520]

CRUMPLE ZONES

[@TMW_ShadowStarr]

The crumple zones on my 99 Mustang did a pretty good job of protecting me from a front end collision and then one from the rear considering how hard the impacts were.

[@mittiusschmittius1327]

2:53 Bart's drugs started kicking in

[@MichaelBacon212]

Hahaha lmao. Good one. Hilarious.

[@tiptoe2319]

ICP

[@smitty6290]

I love watching these videos just to learn more about cars so I know what I’m doing to my car when I’m older Good vid

[@Donut]

Thanks!

[@moneeb343]

Bart and his enthusiasm and wonderful quips are so refreshing in terms of educational content. Well done Donut, and major props to you Bart! These are such fun videos!

[@GustavCarl17]

This episode is SHOCKING! Sorry. I couldn't help it

[@SamFBM]

mag-nificent

[@GustavCarl17]

Electrifying also!

[@marcosramirez5084]

I guess you could say this video was polarizing 😂😂

[@joeljeffrey9139]

*Cringe* 😖

[@ivane_1429]

THE SUSPENSE!!

[@louf7178]

Had to drive my dad's Cadillac after his operation. Our roads get tore up in the winter. I noticed that the car handled the road in a way that just wasn't normal (or intuitively explainable). Then I found out it had MagnaRide. It is so impressive, I'd be afraid the wheels are taking a beating that I would not be aware of. And its not even mentioned in any commercials (that caught my attention).

[@kenzito101]

I always wondered why I'm hooked to Science Garage. 🤔 Turns out Bart's teaching technique is quite... *magnetising*

[@rojiii69420]

Lame😢😢

[@Thecain69]

Are you guys gonna do the Gambler 500 again? That was so good

[@aaron5222]

This made me subscribe

[@ryanjohn6690]

Better yet, the Baja race ;)

[@cowsgomoo4917]

Sadly not with Bart, he left donut awhile back

[@Rrocka511]

Colby: How does it do that? Bart: Well, watch the show! Lmao

[@wankle5264]

This show is the only one that I want to watch as soon as it airs on YT. You are the best teacher!!! and we the car community GREATLY appreciate this show!!! long live science garage

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I was hooked to Donut because of Science Garage. And I still like it when Science Garage pops up in my recommendation.. I like it more than up to speed and B2B..

[@bricknall345]

Very good video, explains a lot in simple terms and clears up how things work! Though I'd like to point out that dampers provide damping, not dampening. Dampening would just make things wetter...

[@retiredrebel]

Actually they both mean the same thing. To moisten or wet, AND another meaning is to suppress or depress. Most people use damp (as wet/moist) and dampen (as to deaden/depress)

[@god8911]

This series is great. Bart can explain anything in the most enjoyable way.

[@Azerlazer26]

I have magnetic ride on my 2018 Camaro SS. All I’m going to say, once you get it, you’ll never go back to standard shocks.

[@CrayonsYummyYummy]

Have you ever taken it to track? If so, how does it compare to normal sports suspension?

[@Azerlazer26]

iEat Crayons I haven’t taken it to a track yet. I have done some testing to compare the suspension modes. Tour does have some body roll, a smoother ride and doesn’t take bumps harshly. Track has little to no body roll but does take bumps hard. The car feels a lot more confident while taking turns.

[@stephencain3467]

whats the cost difference to replace them thought

[@Azerlazer26]

Stephen Cain I’ve heard it’s about $2-3k to replace. To my understanding, they last for a very long time.

[@stephencain3467]

thats not to bad about the price of a good set of coilovers

[@germangarciajr4249]

Who TF dislikes these videos?? This is some good stuff!

[@chewbaccabuddy3377]

Probably Engineering Explained lmao

[@jakelee5456]

Probably somebody who doesn't like to hear that GM did something first.

[@germangarciajr4249]

fr

[@user-sx4yu3nw4j]

The same sort of person that fired Bart

[@BigPaPaRu]

I think there are really lonely people who go around disliking every video they watch. Gives them some sort of self achievement.

[@ralan6417]

I was hoping you guys were gonna make a video about this FINNALY!!!!!!!!!!

[@spdcrzy]

My dad worked on the first two generations of control units for these shocks! Seeing MR fluid in a syringe at home twenty years ago was INSANE.

[@LoneStarProductions7]

What happened to Bart…?

[@oblivian1308]

He was caught emailing dick pics to everyone in the office

[@jeffjr2195]

He had a baby then left…..allegedly

[@19chucki74]

Love GM's Magnaride suspension. Still do. Now I understand how it works. Thanks, Bardo.

[@retiredrebel]

I wonder why they always fail on their trucks & SUVs and why they’re so expensive to fix. Is it the overall unreliability of GM design & poor built, or is it specific to this technology? Thanks!

[@ristorohtmets609]

But what is BOSE Suspension? Full electromagnet suspension that enables to jump over an obstacle if needed?

[@waveboard111]

its real fuggin heavy thats what it is. hella cool tho

[@wahpanda1520]

BOSE SUSPENSION

[@naveed1369]

Bose did electromagnetic suspension,purely driven by electronic actuator(motors) without the use of any liquid as Magnetorheological (MR) fluid.Bose technology is now with cleanmotion technology.Downsides of this technology is it consumes a lot of power and not a fail safe technology.So it wasnt accepted wide enough by the industry

[@BigPaPaRu]

They need to figure out how to cut the weight on that because bose suspension is amazing

[@narkfestmojo6156]

Seems like it might be OK with an ultra high end luxury electric car, like if Rolls Royce started making electric cars. Weight and cost would be less of a concern then. Maybe they could even figure out how to use it to regenerate energy when you run over a pothole.

[@sebsshenanigans]

Keen for when my soft Springs come in though. Got 8-6kg in and break my back on Sydney roads, so being a bot of a pansy and got some 4-3kg to swap in aha

[@motorcyclestig8539]

2:01 to 2:09 was filmed at sand hollow utah. I just so happen to show up when they were filming this and it was cool to watch.

[@dsuess]

#BringBackScienceGarage This was such a great series of episodes

[@mlyssy2]

I remember reading about GM experimenting with magnetic ride in Popular Science Back in the ‘80s! They talked about it like it was some kind of pipe dream that would never show any results. I guess they showed them when they started licensing it out to Ferrari and now Ford! And yes, even though I was born in ‘78 I already had a subscription to Popular Science in the ‘80s. I guess you could say I was a bit of a smart boi like you back then. I’m glad that they stuck with it though. It’s now made a lot of people’s daily commutes much smoother and hopefully made those people much less of an a-hole to work with for the whole world! Thanks GM for ridding the world 🌍 of a few more a-holes!!!

[@JimmySilverFoot]

r/iamverysmart

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Blues Clues+Bill Nye The Science Guy= *Science Garage* . Solid Gold

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🙌 RAMCHARGERS 🙌

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New Antarctic Republictangle 😍

[@wahpanda1520]

TURBOCHARGERS

[@VituMV]

My 11 yr old daughter loves this show. To her it is like those early 90s kids science shows with weird scientists.

[@MaxSpeedMike]

Ford's magnaride system is amazing! I reviewed a Shelby GT350 and the handling was absolutely stunning. Felt nimble, fast, and could corner like nothing else. The normal driving over bumps was solid too.

[@bestwaytech5661]

"Just watch the show" 😂😂 love this guy

[@MuTanos]

MAN YOU SAVED MY LIFE BECAUSE I NEED YOURS EXAMPLE THAT I CAN USE IN MY COLLEGE PRESENTATION

[@beckcom2525]

Hey I've always contemplated the anatomy of an 18-speed manual transmission that's equipped in some semi trucks. It would be helpful if y'all did a video on that! 😁

[@-aid4084]

I'd be surprised if you see this An 18 speed is basically two transmissions slapped together, since there is a 5 speed transmission then a 4 speed transmission that you select for higher gears. There is a splitter that all manual bigrig trucks have, which changes the gear ratio to be about halfway in-between the next gear. 1st gear is not called first gear, it is called low. other than moving off on inclines, very heavy loads etc it doesn't get used. Second gear is called first, and every gear follows. So it becomes an H pattern shifter with top being first, bottom being second, top right third and right bottom fourth. Once you get to 4th with the splitter or not, you can switch to high range, which is the same, five is up, sixth is down etc. An 18 speed has split gears for all gears, a 13 speed only has split gears on the high range.

[@beckcom2525]

@@-aid4084 wow... lmao forgot this even existed, thanks!

[@arcadehacker9599]

I would have been awesome if you made a video with adaptive suspensions that can be installed as 3rd party components, such as the Koni FSD (Special Active) or the Ohlins Road and Track.

[@lukemurray5202]

absolutely brilliant channel!!! This is the second year in a row that this channel will be in my project report for college!!!

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Awesome !! At times, internet is considered amplifire for idiots. But videos like this far outweigh those notions. And its free !!!

[@stamhoofdjoost6290]

that 1 dislike was so shocked he accidently pushed the wrong button

[@adamdisalvo9247]

Bring this show back

[@chineduokoronkwo5751]

Hey, Donut. Your channel has been so educative. I've actually learnt more than I was thought in school. I just have one request and that is; I'd like you to do a new video on the fuel tank and its components.

[@Tales0925]

From 5:34 to 5:55 was the most natural reaction of him. Great show!!

[@bwdeaton6524]

Hey, nice video! I work for BWI, in the manufacturing side, and I enjoyed the video. Could have also made a mention of magnetorheological engine mounts, another pretty cool performance adder using the same tech.

[@brusher3675]

brilliant work, it has really helped with my project.

[@leonflpqzhz4765]

We miss Bart. It's. Been a year without him.

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Leon Flp Qz Hz our boy got the axe

[@economics360]

I really loved the icp reference, lol

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my college cited wikipedia for one slide, next slide is a link to donuts video, love it

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I think it can be cool how the desmodromic engine by Ducati works. I follow you from Italy. You guys ara AMAZING! PS c'è qualche altro italiano oltre a me??

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Sou brasileiro! \o/ mas consegui compreender o que disse

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It's amazing how our languages even different from each other can still be understandable due to their common roots

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Let me guess "any other italian besides me?"

[@albertofranchini6007]

@@WZRDr exatly

[@PWalden762]

I only had one question from the beginning of the video, which was: Is he going to say "Magnets, how do they work?" I was not disappointed.

[@daddyowooody1736]

Did anyone notice that the turbo would disappear and return in this video? The channel is awesome and they break everything down very well!! But the helmet and blower would kinda switch spots and the turbo would disappear and reappear, hhmmm is it magic 🤔

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I left a few comments a few videos before how "too many cheap jokes were added every 30 seconds extending the video too long" I want to say thank you for fixing this issue. You made a complex issue fun to watch yet didn't interrupt with 100 cheap jokes. You guys really are smart. Thanks! (Maybe you never saw any of my comments and I'm talking to myself..)

[@SrgCuddlez]

The demonstration at 5:24 has got to be the hardest I've laughed all day

[@merc722]

The best Science Garage video. Ever.

[@cubeeism]

Great episode. You guys should made mono vs twin-tube shocks video.

[@ANNussbaum13]

Please bring back Bart. He was the best.

[@brainiac1595]

I like how he's explaining engineering concepts in a tone that's fit perfectly for a kindergarten teacher. It takes me to a happier place. Keep it up Bart 💜

[@Mr.Frost720]

Dear Adam If you hold the glass Ketchup bottle at a 45° angle & tap the bottle quickly yet firmly the red stuff should flow.

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It took me a minute to realize this man is using those awesome animated characters lol good job!!

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Please bring this show back

[@tmnt3998]

This is university masters and phd level topic laid out so simply that it is beautiful. Very good.

[@cayennepeppa707]

Dude. this was cool. My 10 year old kid even said so. Really good job making the scientific gobble-dee-gook into pretty plain spoken English that even a 10 year old could understood. Thanks!!

[@MaikEletrica]

Nice explanation!

[@Pr1nc3_Jay]

Science Garage needs its own channel

[@BleedForTheWorld]

Science Garage is my favorite segment.

[@SupraSav]

Searched magneride and good ol' Donut/Bart came up.. miss you on Donut, buddy.

[@xanderc4732]

Incredible job guys.

[@KatimaGaming]

Wow I just learned so much about suspension today! Great video and thank you so much!

[@rubnm5]

Every single time he hits the table. XD I can see someone is having fun editing the video. Keep it up!

[@soumitratewari483]

Thank u sir, for educating us.

[@aaronpeople101]

Thanks for the informative video. Can’t beat this series.

[@BruceDoesStuff]

3:20 "Magnets, how do they work?" - Best line in any Donut video yet!

[@Slinderman48]

Thanks for the car horns at 7:03

[@mino4377]

This guy is so good at explaining damn

[@coloradoseabee]

Needs to be more Science Garage.

[@peepstermb8]

This is some next gen stuff right here

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I was just interested in Bose suspension system and I found a this vid, I was suwrpwrised when I saw it was by donut because I’m subbed to u guys

[@dwightraine9686]

I was thinking about getting magna ride on my new Corvette. I guess this video answers my question? Yes.

[@markmalinowski5951]

Bart's giving his voice a break this episode... good for him! Don't wanna have to get nodes surgically removed from your vocal cords. "But doc, I just love to scream about cars. It's my passion."

[@ewwmin3m]

best episode ever.... I wonder if there are kits out there that you can put on regular cars that have normal suspension... With all the appropriate sensors and what not ?

[@danieldeschamps9502]

Bart is my favorite person out of all the people.

[@Donut]

IN THE WORLD????

[@witchcraftauto]

Bart is just walking around 'strut'ting his thing!

[@LateNightRituals]

Yooo this is great content. Im gonna base my school project on magnetism on this !

[@lacoolhand1017]

Please breakdown Bose Suspension and thank you for this video!

[@mitchellhuse993]

3:20 I hate that I understood that reference

[@ordinary7sasha]

So cool, but maybe more graphics on some of the technical stuff?

[@MintyMan707]

I just finished watching hoonigans and they were hyped AF and screaming a ton then I go to this and its too calm need more intense screaming like up to speed 😂

[@chaosgaming4393]

What about air suspension

[@mohammedsalimahmed5230]

Susceptible to leaking, much more difficult to air-tight a system especially under long term stress (i.e. suspension). Liquids is less susceptible to leaking compared to Air. So the system will be more reliable and cheaper to build. Just my 2 cents.

[@Oelmotors]

Gandhi's Flip flops it's not as smooth as air ride, though, and it doesn't offer the hauling benefits.

[@mohammedsalimahmed5230]

@@Oelmotors It can be as smooth if the air pressure inside the damper cylinder is variable at a constant rate. I.e. if the suspension detects via sensors that it's going through harsh bumps/pot holes then it should instantly be able to reduce air pressure inside damper cylinder for smoother ride, then increase pressure again once past potholes. EDIT: But like I said, a system like this would be too expensive. EDIT 2: Thought you said Air ride is not as smooth as Liquid. Ignore my comment, had a long day :P

[@cr4zygoose201]

Say no to bags on sports cars 😑

@@mohammedsalimahmed5230 Take a look at this if you didn't already, I think it's a nice system : air suspension for racing kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoSueIN_rbCejbM

[@fpssenpai3154]

FINALLY NEW EPISODE

[@shanhussain6114]

Yay!!! You guys finally did an episode on magnetorheological suspension 😁

[@alexanderkoufodontis2092]

I had an 02 sts what a great car best ride ive had

[@johnporterstout4419]

6:25-6:40 is going to be the new version of that meme of the scientist standing in front of a computer speaking completely incomprehensible gibberish.

[@varunkapur5640]

Brilliant video! I would have taken up STEM If I had teachers like you in school.

[@CarsandChris]

I took Polymers and Rheology in college and this episode made me happy

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Thank you for making this video, this is very important for me thanks buddy

[@Unc_Talks]

You guys are making me way car smarter than I've ever been.. just from casually watching funny videos. Kudos..

[@racolindres74]

Thanks dude, now I understand how my Cadillac CTS suspension works.

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Science garage on: -two stroke engines -power steering/power brakes -Variable compression ratios infinity/mazda engine

[@cavemanakif5015]

Thank you bart, for existing :') Definately my favourite show in donut...