Stabiliser Clutch - Do LR do one?

Hi, my Trooper has (what they call) a stabiliser clutch system. It would seem to be two hydraulic rams
attached to the rear axle & if it's switched on (It says it should be for road use) the cornering is very
flat with virtually no body roll (for the size/weight etc) Do Land Rover have anything similar?

If it's turned off it's a different matter!!!!

I realise newer Land & Range rovers have air suspension etc, but my Trooper is 12 years old.

The way works going I hope to be able to sell the Trooper on sooner rather than later & get a nice
Discovery etc, so at least I won't be posting off topic !

Cheers


Nige

In message <[email protected]>, Nige
<nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> writes
>Hi, my Trooper has (what they call) a stabiliser clutch system. It
>would seem to be two hydraulic rams
>attached to the rear axle & if it's switched on (It says it should be
>for road use) the cornering is very
>flat with virtually no body roll (for the size/weight etc) Do Land
>Rover have anything similar?
>
ACE - active cornering enhancement (IIRC). It's on some of their newer
models but not all. I'm not sure of the technicalities of how it's
implemented though - quite possibly through the existing air suspension
system.
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AndyG

On or around Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:17:13 +0100, AJG
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>In message <[email protected]>, Nige
><nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> writes
>>Hi, my Trooper has (what they call) a stabiliser clutch system. It
>>would seem to be two hydraulic rams
>>attached to the rear axle & if it's switched on (It says it should be
>>for road use) the cornering is very
>>flat with virtually no body roll (for the size/weight etc) Do Land
>>Rover have anything similar?
>>
>ACE - active cornering enhancement (IIRC). It's on some of their newer
>models but not all. I'm not sure of the technicalities of how it's
>implemented though - quite possibly through the existing air suspension
>system.

effectively, it's an active anti-roll bar. Yer normal anti-roll bar is a
rougly [ shaped thing with the ends attached to the axle and the middle
attached to the chassis. when one end is lifted (by the wheel) it lifts the
other end.

in ACE, the ends are powered arms which can move up and down by clever
high-pressure hydraulics. when the system detects the onset of body roll,
it pushes down the arm on the side of the vehicle which is trying to go
down, thus lifting that side of the body. In fact, this is working in the
opposite way to an anti-roll bar.

oh, and it's on all 4 corners, not just the back.

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In message <[email protected]>, Nige
<nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> writes
>Hi, my Trooper has (what they call) a stabiliser clutch system. It
>would seem to be two hydraulic rams
>attached to the rear axle & if it's switched on (It says it should be
>for road use) the cornering is very
>flat with virtually no body roll (for the size/weight etc) Do Land
>Rover have anything similar?
>
ACE - active cornering enhancement (IIRC). It's on some of their newer
models but not all. I'm not sure of the technicalities of how it's
implemented though - quite possibly through the existing air suspension
system.
--
AndyG