does anyone have good pictures of this or even some technical drawings. i have seen a few poor pictures only showing partial coverage and not a drawing. i would like to see how fiat went about mounting things. my 73 project will have a irs, i already have the unit. kinda heavy but it will never break. already has a lsd, and axles attached.
i will have to fabricate mountings, hubs and such.
thanks in advance
abarth independent rear suspension
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BEEK
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djape1977
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burgandy81
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Re: abarth independent rear suspension
very nice picture!
Beek,
Got anything interesting in mind? From some of your other posts I imagine you to be a man with vision, skills and some technical resources!! Would love to see a Spider IRS.
A few pictures from my misspent time on the web.
I think this link will take you to a Flickr library. If it does not work, post here and I will try to fix it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/81756891@N ... 065582595/
Jordan
Beek,
Got anything interesting in mind? From some of your other posts I imagine you to be a man with vision, skills and some technical resources!! Would love to see a Spider IRS.
A few pictures from my misspent time on the web.
I think this link will take you to a Flickr library. If it does not work, post here and I will try to fix it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/81756891@N ... 065582595/
Jordan
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narfire
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Re: abarth independent rear suspension
A number of years ago, someone here posted a pic of a Subaru rear end. I believe they were going to give it a go and mount it on a spider..
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BEEK
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Re: abarth independent rear suspension
awesome picture, i have a rear from a 3000gt, it can handle 600hp, has a lsd, it is a tad heavy as it is cast iron, not aluminum.
now i see how fiat adapted it, i will make some drawings and try to build my own version.
i am not going to use struts though, so i will have to make an upper rod, my plan is coilovers
now i see how fiat adapted it, i will make some drawings and try to build my own version.
i am not going to use struts though, so i will have to make an upper rod, my plan is coilovers
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son has 78 spider
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divace73
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Re: abarth independent rear suspension
what about using a rear end out of an early BMW??
Cheers David
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BEEK
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Re: abarth independent rear suspension
im sure most any can be used. this is the one i have
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divace73
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Re: abarth independent rear suspension
Fair enough, completely understand that......BEEK wrote:im sure most any can be used. this is the one i have
Cheers David
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v6spider
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Re: abarth independent rear suspension
Killer beek! As I always say invention necessitates modification! I am converting to 3 link myself...keep us informed I'd love to see how this turns out..
Rob
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BEEK
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Re: abarth independent rear suspension
i had done a 3 link on my race car, the pivot had much less bind than the 4 link fiat setup.
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v6spider
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Re: abarth independent rear suspension
That is what I heard...plus I'll have room to run my duel exhaust out the back as the 4 link system gets in the way of that...
Rob
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wmausbach
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Re: abarth independent rear suspension
Beek,
You do know that the front is quite different from the stock setup too. I also was going to do a project like this using a BMW 2002 rear end. After reading that Guy Croft( he had one) said that on hard surfaces the Abarth was slower that stock,
I decide that the effort in fabrication was not worth it. One point is the Abarth design with struts was mounted at the shock towers. On a A-arm design the mounting points will have to be fabricated. My plan was to use X 1/9 struts which I think is what the factory did. Keep us posted on your project and good luck.
Wayne
You do know that the front is quite different from the stock setup too. I also was going to do a project like this using a BMW 2002 rear end. After reading that Guy Croft( he had one) said that on hard surfaces the Abarth was slower that stock,
I decide that the effort in fabrication was not worth it. One point is the Abarth design with struts was mounted at the shock towers. On a A-arm design the mounting points will have to be fabricated. My plan was to use X 1/9 struts which I think is what the factory did. Keep us posted on your project and good luck.
Wayne