Secoh Fahrvergnugen
926 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
or will it go belly-up like a baygoned cockroach?
If it aint broke,
Make it go faster!!
Make it go faster!!
Swing axle baja ok offroad?
Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer
3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
My Baja spent the first 3 or 4 years of it's life swingaxle and it was fine. Just drive accordingly, remembering you can't follow the ruts of tough 4WD's or IRS offroad VW's, and that the handling will try to bite you.
On the beach my baja was fine as a swingaxle. A slightly raised swingaxle will clear the ruts of most 4wd's anyway.
On the beach my baja was fine as a swingaxle. A slightly raised swingaxle will clear the ruts of most 4wd's anyway.
Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
Boozer Demented But Determined
1,999 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·
Mine goes good and will do for a while.
Desert Moose Cut Cut Cut
2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
Swing axle baja ok offroad?
I went to the Baja 1000 in November 03 and you still see racer's using swing axles. How heavy is a control arm if you don't need it. lol 😎
Regard's
Moose
I went to the Baja 1000 in November 03 and you still see racer's using swing axles. How heavy is a control arm if you don't need it. lol 😎
Regard's
Moose
Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer
3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
I would say that's due to class regulations rather than any competitive advantage.Desert Moose wrote:I went to the Baja 1000 in November 03 and you still see racer's using swing axles.
Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
Wag67 Wolfsburg Wizard
469 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
my first baja was swing axle and i found it to be no problem. it went anywhere you wanted it to go and you just find its limits over time and drive to them.the only problem is taking corners to fast and suddenly learning how to handle a baja on 2 wheels. but you just drive to your limits and it wont give you a problem.
Desert Moose Cut Cut Cut
2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
Definitly limited suspension class 9 cars but still they race (Eric Fisher won the class)Baja Wes wrote:I would say that's due to class regulations rather than any competitive advantage.Desert Moose wrote:I went to the Baja 1000 in November 03 and you still see racer's using swing axles.
Wag67 Wolfsburg Wizard
469 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
there are still some offroader here in Australia racing with swing axles. some find them stonger than irs but me personally would never go back to swing axle after racing a IRS buggy hence why the swing axle baja we are doing