IFS has its place

[HenryJ]

I did a search and was unable to find this information, so thought I'd repost it here.

For daily driving , ride , and handling the IFS is the only way to go.

Check out the rally racers (baja 1000, Dakar, etc.) IFS is the design of choice there.



If you want to see what my dream S-10 might look like, check out this S-10 4x4 by Stewart Raceworks



The IFS is my choice for the desert terrain, and driving that I do. I would really like to see a 9" Ford/Porsche long arm front IFS swap. That is going to run big bucks though. Someday I may go that route.

SFA has it's place too (mud, rockcrawling, etc.). I don't feel that there is any one suspension choice that is best for all uses , or terrains.

[Snoman002]

I hear you HJ.

Personally I would prefer to have a 4 wheel IS rig, great for on the road and bombing over rough terrain, and still able to do other things (think of the ground clearance).

I would love to build a long arm IS system, I think if I were to do it though I would seperate the spindle from the controll arms. Think solid axle, then chop the tubes off and connect the controll arms to the ends of the tubes, not the spindles. This would allow you to run pivots with only one movement direction on the spindle (kingpins) and the same on the controll arms (well not quite, but less movement than a balljoint).

Runn all of this off a corvette IRS diff (reversed for front use, and using UCA's and LCA's not the driveshafts for LCA's) centered in the frame front and back (front driveshaft might be tricky), and you have about as long of arms as you could possibly use.