Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, The thought of a de Dion rear axle on a rear or mid engined car boggles the mind. The tube would have to go behind the engine and gearbox One advantage that a de Dion has is the ability to have minute and repeatable adjustments of camber and caster. Jerry Frank Dernie wrote: > Hi Jerry, > the de Dion has a lot of advantages. I have looked long and hard at > getting one on a GP car but the number of extra links needed for > location get in the way of the airflow. > On a Le Mans car it would have some clear potential still. > The first "racing" car i drove was a Lotus 6. It had a fron swing axle > made from a Ford Popular (E93A) front beam axle. > cheers > Frank > > > On 31 Mar, 2007, at 21:34, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > >> Frank, >> >> There is an axle setup that had a mixed bag of advantages and >> disadvantages of the live and swing axles. >> I had a DeDion axle on my 1953 Allard J2X. >> >> Unfortunately, Sidney Allard used a swing axle in the FRONT, with >> enormous positive camber. What >> the car needed was about zero front camber and slight negative camber >> in the rear. >> >> Jerry > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >