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On 15 Mar 2004 at 14:59, Patrick wrote: > We used to weld the inner IRS control arm mounts to the Swing Axle rear > suspension assembly. Everything else went in just like it was an IRS > suspension assembly. This way we would have both IRS and Swing Axle > tranny/frame horns to suspend the motor/tranny. We kept the stock Swing Axle > rear mount and never installed the IRS rear hanger mount. This was first > tried on the street, then later our track car used it as well. Seemed to > work really well with no downsides that I can remember. So you just used an IRS tranny, but knocked out the plugs in the bell housing so you could support it there on the wishbone? Sounds pretty reasonable. with this arrangement there would be no need for the late rear mounts. I seem to recall seeing the diagonal arm mounts for sale by some aftermarket places but I've never seen them. I'm not a bit surprised to hear that they aren't quite as good as using the real thing. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org