Why did this and other variations of solid front axle placement come about?
Was the suicide perch a solution to lower the vehicle, or was the set up also designed to improve drivablility at speed?
thx in advance.
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Why did this and other variations of solid front axle placement come about?
Was the suicide perch a solution to lower the vehicle, or was the set up also designed to improve drivablility at speed?
thx in advance.
Not 100 percent sure, but I think I remember reading that one of the first cars to sport a suicide style front end was Norm Grabowski's T. I could be wrong, but that is what I recall Norm saying in some magazine article where he was being interviewed.
I would imagine the reason was to lower the front end. It doesn't make the car handle any better, although it does stretch out the wheelbase a little.
Don
Does anybody know of a website or a book that shows diffirent styles of dropped axles?
Go to google. In the upper left hand corner, click "images". Type in "dropped axle". Click search. Enjoy.:toocool:Quote:
Originally Posted by 1940 tipster
I am going to set up my suspension suicide style. Is their any way to mock that up with out the perch?