:lurk: While this is interesting watching the back and forth banter all I can say is….Man, I dunno. I am not a diehard fan of IFS but in a little truck with modest HP and torque like a Tacoma it seems to work very well especially now that Toyota has been running front coil springs vs. torsion bars since 1996 here in the states. Torsion bars were the main contributing factor to the lack of front suspension articulation and poor ride. Heck, I swear my torsion bar IFS 1990 Hilux road just as bad as any SFA yota that came before it. Again, I am often impressed with the IFS performance on later model Toyotas that is not to say that I still don’t prefer a SFA but there again, I own all heavy full size trucks. If I had a little yota, I would probably settle on IFS.
On the flip side of that, you just can’t get that later model Toyota kind of IFS performance out of a heavy full-size truck such as a GM product with torsion bars. GM IFS on their HD trucks is probably the cream of the crap with lack luster performance with the only true solution is to cut it out and replace it all with a nice Dana 60 sprung by leaf springs or coilovers…take your pick.
What I like best about the Back to the Future Tacoma is the manual transfercase. Now, that is what Tacoma’s really need. Throw the control head, encoder motor, transfer case control module and 8 lbs of wiring in the trash! That is just more crap to go wrong. :sombrero:
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