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Will my idea for a vehicle breaking system work?

When you break really hard i noticed that the car lunges forward giving the car extra forward momentum even though the wheels have stopped. So my idea is a computer system that stiffens the front suspension only or even hydraulics to push the front end up to counter-act the weight being put forward on the car when the break really hard.What do you think of my idea it was just a random thought though so it might sound stupid if im wrong.

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the car doesnt lunge forward, it just feels like it does because it is decellerating, and all the intertia it had is getting disssipated. this is a similar idea to the new hydraulic mounted rolling chassis they are working on at red bull racing. however this only helps in cornering at high speeds, not for braking. it sounds good in theory,
I don't think that would work at all. Pushing the front end up will not relieve any forward motion.
using a system that stiffened the front suspension during braking would keep the car from pitching down, and that would be a good thing. That would help reduce the recoil that one gets after a hard stop. But it would not help you stop more quickly. the kinetic energy of the car still needs to be converted to heat in the brakes, and your system does not effect that conversion: the kinetic energy is the same, and ultimately, that is the energy that has to be 'removed' or converted.

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