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IRS discussion

Agreed, Aaron.  Your last statement is right on the money.

And even a truly independant system usually has some "dependance" from the sway bar.

Larry
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Aaron 
  To: Scirocco Mailing List ; L F 
  Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:05 PM
  Subject: Re: IRS discussion



  On 19 Mar 2004, at 01:53, L F wrote:

  > In my definition, a pure IRS would allow one wheel to move through its 
  > travel without affecting the other in any way.

  Sounds like a fair definition, since the defining term is "independent"

  >   The VW's beam will not allow this, so BY ONE DEFINITION it is not a 
  > pure IRS.
  >   If you go by other definitions...it may be.

  But the real question is whether truly "independent" suspension is such 
  a good thing anyway. Surely, the fact that one wheel knows what the 
  other one is doing is an advantage when it comes to handling - as long 
  as the RESPONSE to this information is appropriate.

  Aaron in London


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