[Fot] Spitfire rear suspension mods in Vintage racing

Michael Porter mdporter at dfn.com
Sun Aug 28 16:57:54 MDT 2011


On 8/28/2011 4:29 PM, Doug Mitchell wrote:
> Joe,
>
> You're right. I saw the "fully independent" and assumed thry meant IRS.
> Of course we know all about assume.
>
>

Umm, well, no contradiction there.  IRS = Independent Rear Suspension, 
which, yes, includes swing axles.

The difference is in swing axle to double-jointed axle.  Both are IRS, 
but there's some notable difference in how the wheel behaves between the 
two configurations.


Cheers.

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Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


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