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H1 articulation - 12/2/2006 6:45:20 PM    trini defender   Posts: 57 Joined: 11/9/2006 From: Great Britain Status: offline I know this has absolutly nothing to do with land rovers but why in hell did Hummer design H1 with IFS/IRS suspension? here are the disadvantages off road: articulation is absolutly crap (385 for 93 H1, 580 for 94 land rover defnder), more expensive to buy and run, higher maintainence costs, more expensive to repair, breaks easier, much more complicated and much more. Advantages off road: errrrrr, not much, actually no advantages. So why in hell did Hummer put IFS/IRS on it? Post #: 1

RE: H1 articulation - 12/3/2006 4:35:46 AM    Spyderman   Posts: 83 Joined: 11/25/2006 Status: offline Greater ground clearance I think. Don't forget the main design criteria for the H1 was it had to be able to run in the same tracks as an M1 Abrams Tank, which is also crap, expensive to run, high maintenance, breaks easily & very complicated. British Challenger II & a Landy anyday. _____________________________ Who Needs Brakes??? (in reply to trini defender) Post #: 2

RE: H1 articulation - 12/3/2006 12:03:40 PM    trini defender   Posts: 57 Joined: 11/9/2006 From: Great Britain Status: offline But still You could easily run high enough ground clearnce with those stock 37", yes 37 inche sized tires. plus you will have all of the aditional advantages I mentioned earlier with front/rear solid axal. (in reply to Spyderman) Post #: 3

RE: H1 articulation - 12/6/2006 1:35:39 PM    Patrick Posts: 236 Joined: 3/17/2005 Status: offline i think that they were more concerned with low speed versatility... (in reply to trini defender) Post #: 4

RE: H1 articulation - 12/6/2006 2:15:44 PM    trini defender   Posts: 57 Joined: 11/9/2006 From: Great Britain Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: Patrick i think that they were more concerned with low speed versatility... That doesnt make any sense, wouldn't it be high speed versitility. IFS/IRS is better for high speed turns. (in reply to Patrick) Post #: 5

RE: H1 articulation - 12/21/2006 10:16:15 PM    05LandRover Posts: 1072 Joined: 1/19/2005 From: Midland, Texas, Hometown of President Bush Status: offline LR3 and RR both independent suspensions _____________________________ 2005 Freelander and LR3 [IMG]http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s25/kawasaki05z1000/Land%20Rover%20and%20off%20road/freelandersigpic.png[/IMG] (in reply to trini defender) Post #: 6

RE: H1 articulation - 12/24/2006 11:07:50 AM    trini defender   Posts: 57 Joined: 11/9/2006 From: Great Britain Status: offline True, LR3 and RR have IFS/IRS, and are very capable vehicles, but also remember that they were also designed to be used on the road alot of the time. Road is where IFS/IRS really shines, and LR3 and RR don't have the best articulation say compared to a defender 90TD5. However Land Rover manages to get quite alot of articulation (in reply to 05LandRover) Post #: 7

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