>Being a "reformed" hot rodder, I would try a shortened american rear end.
A
>ford 9 inch comes to mind, or perhaps, being from a smaller car, a chevette
>(yech) rear. I think you could probably do without the IRS and mount the
>soild axle to the transverse spring "the way it is". probably would
>compramice handleing a little but....who knows?
>
>Brian H. Smith
>1959 TR3
>1972 Spitfire IV
>1977 TR7
>Lake Charles, LA
>
How would one go about using the transverse leaf spring the way it is with a
solid axle? As I see it, it would not work. The middle of the leaf spring
is mounted to the diff, and the ends are attached via vertical links to the
axle shaft. If I were to mount a transverse leaf spring to a solid axle in
the manner the Spit uses, why use the spring in the first place? There is
nothing for the spring to act against. Plus, what would hold the axle in
place? Maybe using a stronger radius arm, and converting to coil-over
shocks a solid axle might work. But why try to reinvent the wheel? Use a
70s Corvette rear, it's an IRS setup, and probably nowhere near as difficult
to install as a solid-axle.
Ron and Angie - Dalton, Ga
84 300ZX Turbo 77 Spitfire 92 Tempo GLS 62 Vitesse
IZCC# 4779
"I gotta go, you're killing me!" - Kim Peterson, WGST 105.7, Atlanta
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