IRS = Independent Rear Suspension
No mater what they want to call it, or how they want to explain it, the M3
still has an independent rear suspension with the Differential mounted in a
subframe attached to the car, and an axle coming out each side that moves
(not rotates) separately from the other axle.... not a solid rear axle like
the old/no-technology pony-cars have
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@Winchell.Com>
To: <davekizerian@hotmail.com>
Cc: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: SM2 at Topeka
> >> M3's don't have an IRS.
>
> > HAHAHAH Since when?
>
> During the M3 in ESP debate on Team.Net in 2000, an M3 owner corrected my
assertion that
> M3's had an IRS by saying it had a multi-link rear suspension instead.
Maybe it's just a
> terminology or marketing thing but there are a bunch of websites (some
with BMW
> literature) calling it this.
>
> http://www.bmwworld.com/models/m3h1.htm
> http://www.internetautoguide.com/reviews/1995/1995_BMW_3_Series.html
>
http://www.bmw.co.uk/model/roadtestreport/index/1,1227,COUK%7C021-000-----28
65,00.html
>
> And some that used both terms. So I guess the reader can pick which one he
likes best.<s>
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