Thanks for all of this! I'd been thinking that the rear axle of an Alfa Romeo spider or 105 could have been used in much the same way you've done the Mazda axle. All the Alfa's, I've been told, apparently have LSD's. And I agree about the suspension setup. Whilst the multi link setups are great, there's a major problem to my mind, which is eligibility for historic competition. I know I've gone on about this in other threads, but I believe that a single leaf setup will give about 70% of the handling improvements of the multi link setup, at about 30% of the cost and time - and making no changes to the geometry of the car means that it's still eligible for the most stringent historic race classes. (For example, in the classic tarmac rallies we have in Australia, to remain in "unmodified" class, you can't even change the exhaust manifold!).spriso wrote:
Our solution was to create something that could be bolted into ANY roadster with no fabrication to the existing chassis (as there are many people who prefer it that way!) Yes, a four-link like Alvin's would be great, but they are outside the scope of many roadster owner's abilities.
Michael
Cheers,
Steve