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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang
People make too big of a deal out of the live axle setup. There is no difference in behavior on the street with my 5.0s rear suspension compared to my 370Z. I think the live axle just gets a bad reputation because for a while they were really, really bad. But now with the new ones people are having a hard time coming to grips with the fact they are actually very good when done right -- on the street or the track.
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True, having read a few books on suspension design, a live axle can be made to handle just as well as an independent suspension. In fact, in some aspects the Solid axle is actually much better than any independent suspension.