Ditching Skyhook?

[CatmanV2]

Offtopic but just have to say that its so strange seeing your profile with a picture of the Bentley after having that 4200 for so long.

It was a GT.......

C

 

[philw696]

What I like is that so many on here for all sorts of reasons try something different and still want to be part of the Gang after all having different experiences with a Maserati makes this forum exceptionally Better than many of the others.
Had two Ferrari's and never felt comfortable there and it's the same with Porsche.
Sports Maserati Rocks

 

[Alan Surrey]

Even better than Mars rocks.

 

[spkennyuk]

It was a GT.......

C

You have gone from a GT to a BC when sure you should have gone for a Tesla Coupe. Then your profile picture could have been...

 

[rs48635]

I could never understand why on late 3200GT's you could put the car into sport mode but leave the already hard damper skyhook settings in normal

Apparently some Ferrari 360's which have the same suspension system as later 3200's are able to do this..

Dave

How late was the 3200GT which has this feature?
Was it just auto cars?
My 2001 3200Gt AC manual has sport button that does throttle map + skyhook damper setting (sometimes).

 

[Oneball]

How late was the 3200GT which has this feature?
Was it just auto cars?
My 2001 3200Gt AC manual has sport button that does throttle map + skyhook damper setting (sometimes).

I think Dave might have missed a “not” out of the first sentence, my 2001 was like yours.

 

[alfatwo]

I think Dave might have missed a “not” out of the first sentence, my 2001 was like yours.

Thanks for reminding me mate, I did indeed miss out the "not"..
In the 1960's at school that was a caning offence!

Dave

 

[Oneball]

Thanks for reminding me mate, I did indeed miss out the "not"..
In the 1960's at school that was a caning offence!

Dave

No caning in my day. We did have a French teacher who could bounce one of the big wooden board rubbers off the desk in front of you and into your face. When he retired we found out he was originally a monk but got thrown out for drinking and womanising

 

[alfatwo]

No caning in my day. We did have a French teacher who could bounce one of the big wooden board rubbers off the desk in front of you and into your face. When he retired we found out he was originally a monk but got thrown out for drinking and womanising

I'm sure there's plenty of those on here keeping it a secret!

Dave

 

[MarkMas]

....Ditch it. Sink £5K into V3s and a cancel plug from FD ( Skyhook error delete) & geo set-up instead. Transforms the car.
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I happened to find this note in the Maserati "Quick Guide to correctly set up Proxi files", which suggests there is a simple setting needed, and no 'cancel plug'?

021 – Remove Skyhook ECU for M139-M145 (opposing to function #023)
Applied vehicles: Quattroporte and GranTurismo all models.
Specific Proxi configuration to cancel the set up of the Skyhook suspension. This Proxi configuration is required in case the Skyhook suspension system is removed and standard shock absorbers are installed on a vehicle.

 

[MarkMas]

Speaking of dampers, I was looking at my rear springs and dampers during a tyre change, and I found these Eibach springs. Its that a Maserati standard spring or a budget replacement?

 

[Zep]

Speaking of dampers, I was looking at my rear springs and dampers during a tyre change, and I found these Eibach springs. Its that a Maserati standard spring or a budget replacement?

View attachment 85149

Don’t know about the QP, but my car has OEM Eibach springs.

 

[Evo Cymru]

I happened to find this note in the Maserati "Quick Guide to correctly set up Proxi files", which suggests there is a simple setting needed, and no 'cancel plug'?

021 – Remove Skyhook ECU for M139-M145 (opposing to function #023)
Applied vehicles: Quattroporte and GranTurismo all models.
Specific Proxi configuration to cancel the set up of the Skyhook suspension. This Proxi configuration is required in case the Skyhook suspension system is removed and standard shock absorbers are installed on a vehicle.

I think KW mention this in the fitting instructions they give with the V3 - essentially using a SD2/SD3 to dial out the Skyhook?

 

[philw696]

Speaking of dampers, I was looking at my rear springs and dampers during a tyre change, and I found these Eibach springs. Its that a Maserati standard spring or a budget replacement?

View attachment 85149

Eiabac certainly are not budget.
Nice to see some UK ones not rusty.

 

[conaero]

Eiabac are the oem springs. They are descent on non Skyhook cars but boy do they like to snap. 5/6 years is about as long as they go generally.

 

[conaero]

2014 Strad front snapped 25k miles, my Strad had new rear springs as I bought it, that was a similar age

 

[Harry]

I was just having a rest after completing cleaning my holiday cottage (changeover day) and saw the “skyhook” thread again. When I last saw it, I assumed that it was the name for a non-existent tool, the sort of thing apprentices are sent off to find, as a joke. I now realise that it isn’t a joke.
Or is it?
?

 

[CatmanV2]

I was just having a rest after completing cleaning my holiday cottage (changeover day) and saw the “skyhook” thread again. When I last saw it, I assumed that it was the name for a non-existent tool, the sort of thing apprentices are sent off to find, as a joke. I now realise that it isn’t a joke.
Or is it?
?

It is both.
Skyhook theory is that the ideal suspension would let the vehicle maintain a stable posture as if suspended by an imaginary hook in the sky, unaffected by road conditions

As well as a non-existent tool.

C

 

[MarkMas]

I was just having a rest after completing cleaning my holiday cottage (changeover day) and saw the “skyhook” thread again. When I last saw it, I assumed that it was the name for a non-existent tool, the sort of thing apprentices are sent off to find, as a joke. I now realise that it isn’t a joke.
Or is it?
?

This is real skyhook:

The Skyhook: How Humans Are Plucked From the Ground

An aircraft intercepts a line connecting a person and a balloon, and they are lifted in the air from the ground. This is how it started.

medium.com

Skyhook: Ground to Plane Rescue in Minutes - TheAvGeeks

Ground to Plane Rescue - Skyhook Aerial Retrieval System - CIA

theavgeeks.com

Seems pretty straightforward.

 

[Motorsport3]

It is both.
Skyhook theory is that the ideal suspension would let the vehicle maintain a stable posture as if suspended by an imaginary hook in the sky, unaffected by road conditions

As well as a non-existent tool.

C

Exactly, ideal suspension and tool, both non existent!