[Excaliber]

Woodz nailed it. Sprung vs Unsprung weight. The constant suspension engineering "holy grail" is how to reduce the wieght of moving suspension component parts. Turn the shocks upside down! Do like Richard did to the JBL, put the shocks INSIDE the frame so there wieght is totally off the moving suspension parts.

With the Jag setup some people feel that any suspension weight advantage was lost due to over heating the brakes and the diificult servicing factors. I think ERA actually recommends an out board brake modification to the Jag setup for such reasons.

Another way to loose weight on the suspension? Light wheels and tires! BIG advantage here is it's not ONLY suspension weight it's also ROTATING weight! Every pound of rotating weight saved is equal to three pounds of static weight!

Ernie