Can someone please tellm e what the benefit of haing a swing axle tranny is???

[kleinporsche]

Why is it only good for going strait? A part from changing a SA to Irs, what coukd be done to get better hanling from a Swing Axle? porsche 550 spyder uses it! :agree:

[kleinporsche]

Aaaaanyone?! No comments?

[Supa Ninja]

If you want to build a car that is mainly for the 1/4, then build a Callook, thats what they are really good at. Then go swing axle/ link pin, 2332 w 48IDA's and close ratio box. Why build a GLer that is only setup for the drag strip, your defeating the whole purpose of a German Looker, its ability to corner and brake like modern sports cars.

[Wally]

Yes, exactly.

Plus: the fact that it says Porsche in front of a model number (550), doesn't neccessarily mean it has better suspension!
Another nice example: the Mc Pherson suspension that VW outfitted the 1302 models with in 1970 (!!): it took Porsche untill 1990 (that is 20 years later!!) before their aircooled rearmounted boxerengine model got the Mc pherson coil springs up front...

And I won't even start about the 924, 944 and 968 models that all still used basically the VW IRS suspension and those models were all street cars, not drag racers

Swing Axle has two great points for dragracing function wise: lighter and it renders less hp-loss.

[bow]

if noone has mentioned this the swing-axel is much simpler and less things to break .w/irs there is many more parts to break hope this is a help

[bean_8044]

more things to break? Biggest difference i can see is the CVs, right?