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General Category => Steering, Suspension, & Brakes => Topic started by: roverman on March 04, 2012, 02:05:36 PM

Title: Dynamic rear steering for Hemi Healey ?
Post by: roverman on March 04, 2012, 02:05:36 PM
Specifically, Series II RX7. I have heard to void this feature for best results in handling. Jim N., will you elaborate ? I'm using entire suspension/irs. modular clip, with four bolt mounting.  Thanks, roverman.
Title: Re: Dynamic rear steering for Hemi Healey ?
Post by: mgb260 on March 04, 2012, 05:01:03 PM
Art, The factory experiment was short lived. Nissan tried it also. Self adjusting toe and camber.Theory sounds great but not in practice. Wear and looseness caused adverse handling. That's probably why it was discontinued. I do like thinking outside the box though. A neat idea for the front suspension is Dax system . A arms tied together with linkages. Hard to find room in most cars with less engine set back. Maybe look at linkages to tie the rear suspension together?

http://locost7.info/mirror/dax.php
Title: Re: Dynamic rear steering for Hemi Healey ?
Post by: roverman on March 09, 2012, 11:37:23 AM
Jim and clan, Having a proper camber curve, in a ifs/irs set-up, is one reson to use these ? 1956 Ford cars tried using a "shackle" to locate lca, inner pivot on front. Theory was to reduce impact over obstacles. This didn't work, (major dynamic toe change), and was dropped from production.  Looks like "dax" is similar ? My RX 7 diff is 7". Looks like I'll run it while looking for the 8" set-up.  Onward, roverman.