Alfa Dedion vs four link live axle
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:00 pm
Please help me with a debate I keep having.
I am currently languishing in the third world here in Mexico. I am not refering to the economy or politics. I am refering to the automotive culture.
I am from the old USA where people never stop saying things like "No replacement for displacement." Which is true, but they use it to criticize my car for only having 3 liters, which I consider to be plenty of displacement. Then those same guys get red in the face when their Mustangs cant outrun 2 liter stock Mitsu LanEvos.
Here in Mexico they subscribe to the same philosophy. The difference is that there are no LanEvos or STIs here to keep them honest. In fact there are no hot sport compacts here. I spend time with a group of mechanics who are all about v8 dinosaurs and they love to complain about my machine.
That is all fine, because I dont have any interest in Corvettes or Rustangs. One thing has been bothering me though:
I got stumped the other day when one of my friends was making fun of the dedion triangle in my car. He was saying that I should dump it and run a live axle with at four link. He doesnt understand the Dedion and I dont know the four link. What advantages deos each suspension type have?
I know that we supposedly have less unsprung weight due to the diff not being connected to the axle. That said, our dedion weighs quite a lot. Maybe even as much as a mustangĀ“s axle/diff. Our Dedion sends the force from the wheels to the center of the car at all times, but I am not sure how much that really matters.
What does our dedion do better? Worse?
I am currently languishing in the third world here in Mexico. I am not refering to the economy or politics. I am refering to the automotive culture.
I am from the old USA where people never stop saying things like "No replacement for displacement." Which is true, but they use it to criticize my car for only having 3 liters, which I consider to be plenty of displacement. Then those same guys get red in the face when their Mustangs cant outrun 2 liter stock Mitsu LanEvos.
Here in Mexico they subscribe to the same philosophy. The difference is that there are no LanEvos or STIs here to keep them honest. In fact there are no hot sport compacts here. I spend time with a group of mechanics who are all about v8 dinosaurs and they love to complain about my machine.
That is all fine, because I dont have any interest in Corvettes or Rustangs. One thing has been bothering me though:
I got stumped the other day when one of my friends was making fun of the dedion triangle in my car. He was saying that I should dump it and run a live axle with at four link. He doesnt understand the Dedion and I dont know the four link. What advantages deos each suspension type have?
I know that we supposedly have less unsprung weight due to the diff not being connected to the axle. That said, our dedion weighs quite a lot. Maybe even as much as a mustangĀ“s axle/diff. Our Dedion sends the force from the wheels to the center of the car at all times, but I am not sure how much that really matters.
What does our dedion do better? Worse?