I've recently started looking around for a roadster and have a question for all
of you TR types out there. After driving a TR4A I find I really like the car,
and suddenly I like the styling of the car alot more than I did before driving
one. My question is about the IRS on this car; namely is it worth looking
for a car equiped with it? I plan to use this car for both daily driving and
autocrossing, so I will be driving it harder than the occasional weekend joy
ride in the country.
The car I drove had the live axle rear, but I didn't get a chance to see how
the car handled near the limit since the seller had some firm rules about what
he would allow during a test drive. I guess what it all boils down tois
I'm wondering if the IRS improves handling enough to wait for a car with it,
or is it another complication to worry about breaking that doesn't add much to
the car's performance? For that matter is there a weight penalty to having
IRS? I know that both IRS and live-axle 4A's used the same frame, so I would
guess that the weight difference is negligable.
Thanks for any light you can shed on this.
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Barry Klawans Sybase
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UUCP: {mtxinu,sun,pyramid,pacbell}!sybase!barry Emeryville, CA 94608
Remember, friction is our friend.
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