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Old 01-23-2011, 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by JCL View Post
I did some reading after this thread, and saw statements by Ford engineers to the effect that they could only please one of two groups, and they went with the 1/4 mile dragsters who had a strong preference for the live axle. Having proven what they could accomplish with the live axle (reference the track times) they will go to an IRS for the next generation. We'll see.
Interesting. That's an arguable position on the behalf of Ford. However, if they tried hard I'm sure they could make an IRS perform on the 1/4 mile but I guess it may be harder to convince the luddites of the benefits of IRS.
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