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Originally Posted by rayhawk
It is not a matter of strength of the IRS, it is a matter of physics. A solid rear transfers the weight much better and lends itself much better to launching and pulling the front wheels. A front engine, IRS car typically needs to get into the 9's before lifting the front wheels even slightly. The only vehicles that pull wheels at those times are rear engined cars like VW's that have very little weight in the front.
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Yes. My old LLT ran a little better than 12.5 (around 410 RWTQ) and would just barely pull the passenger tire off the ground (less than an inch). My LFX has a stiffer front suspension but also over 700 RWTQ and it can't pull them off the ground. It is just very hard to do with an IRS.