Hot Rod blasts C4 suspension....AGAIN.
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Melting Slicks
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Hot Rod blasts C4 suspension....AGAIN.
Page 58 (very cool car BTW)
"Concieved more for its novelty than its functionality, the early Corvette IRS made for some treacherous handling. Its high roll center created a jacking problem that raised the rear of the car while cornering. The result was a detrimental change in the camber of the outside rear tire and a subsequent loss of grip. In addition to curing the jacking problem,the Newman [Newman Car Creations] retrofit kit features two trailing arms at each rear wheel instead of just one and a tie rod to reduce deflection and eliminate torque steer."
Not to mention the company is using stock strut rods in their "superior" kit.
What do you have to pull on a skidpad to convince these idiots that the suspension, while it has some cons, is overall a world class performance design and has been proven so?
Anyone have a video of Dr. Evil smoking every C5 in his stock C4 at the Cruise In a couple years ago????
"Concieved more for its novelty than its functionality, the early Corvette IRS made for some treacherous handling. Its high roll center created a jacking problem that raised the rear of the car while cornering. The result was a detrimental change in the camber of the outside rear tire and a subsequent loss of grip. In addition to curing the jacking problem,the Newman [Newman Car Creations] retrofit kit features two trailing arms at each rear wheel instead of just one and a tie rod to reduce deflection and eliminate torque steer."
Not to mention the company is using stock strut rods in their "superior" kit.
What do you have to pull on a skidpad to convince these idiots that the suspension, while it has some cons, is overall a world class performance design and has been proven so?
Anyone have a video of Dr. Evil smoking every C5 in his stock C4 at the Cruise In a couple years ago????
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Those idiots probably don't have anyone there smart enough to install or set it up correctly. But now if you're talking about bolting on some bling or the lastest, greatest gadget designed to get your money.... HRM are the experts!
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Originally Posted by 2manyfuncars
I think that article was referring to the C2/C3 design. The newman suspension is a c4...
IMHO, they make a poor transition from mentioning the C4 kit and right away talk about the shortcomings of early Corvette IRS. And again, according to an article last month, early meant 84.
I'll let'em slide I guess..... :o
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Originally Posted by RainDelay
I'll let'em slide I guess..... :o
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Us poor beggers in the C3 section are always trying to find ways to update or replace our rears. Guldstrand has a lot of good parts, and Im converting to a 5 link system myself... the C3 has a lot of problem with squatting and toe angle changes 
but its still pretty fair handling assuming your shocks are in good order.
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We have two trailing arms.
Technically,we don't even have IRS or IFS because of the 2 monoleaf springs. But I won't count that, because along those lines, anything with a sway bar isn't independent either.
Technically,we don't even have IRS or IFS because of the 2 monoleaf springs. But I won't count that, because along those lines, anything with a sway bar isn't independent either.
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And this surprises you how?
Did anybody watch the Barret Jackson auction. Brock Yates who this publishing company uses as a stadard to judge by. Knew very little about American muscle cars. He was O'so happy when a little European job cam up. These were cars of importance. Funny thing is He working for a company that you would hope even likes american cars. 
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Many years ago I was reading in HRM the letters to the editor and a physics professor wrote and explained to them why the front end lifts upon acceleration and why their previous month's explaination was incorrect. Their reply cut his correct explaination down and since then I have never looked at another HRM issue again. I wonder how they (HRM) even find their way home at night! 
