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 Secoh
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| posted on February 20th, 2004 at 02:52 PM |
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Swing axle baja ok offroad?
or will it go belly-up like a baygoned cockroach?
If it aint broke,
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Baja Wes
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| posted on February 20th, 2004 at 04:18 PM |
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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.
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| posted on February 21st, 2004 at 02:40 PM |
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Mine goes good and will do for a while. |
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Desert Moose
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| posted on March 5th, 2004 at 01:31 AM |
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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
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Moose
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Baja Wes
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| posted on March 5th, 2004 at 08:34 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Desert Moose
I went to the Baja 1000 in November 03 and you still see racer's using swing axles.
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I would say that's due to class regulations rather than any competitive advantage.
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| posted on March 5th, 2004 at 09:24 AM |
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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.
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Desert Moose
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| posted on March 5th, 2004 at 11:29 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Baja Wes
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Desert Moose
I went to the Baja 1000 in November 03 and you still see racer's using swing axles.
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I would say that's due to class regulations rather than any competitive advantage.
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Definitly limited suspension class 9 cars but still they race (Eric Fisher won the class)
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| posted on March 5th, 2004 at 11:42 AM |
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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
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