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 Posted: 04-02-2007 11:26 pm
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Judson Manning



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 I always thought the Saleen guys kept the solid rear axle because they didn't want to re-invent all of that geometry?  I'll agree a lot of Mustang guys are drag-racers, but didn't a famous TV comic campaign a Saleen for years in SCCA/IMSA road-racing?

And to confuse matters further...When Trans-Am allowed IRS they found negligible gains over a solid rear axle or De-Dion tube.

In the conventional (factory) sense, a solid axle is simple, but when you get into de-coupled torque-arms, bird-cages, 6th Coils, pre-loaded panhard rods, etc., the circle track guys have some truely amazing set-ups.