Pushrods in this day and age?

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Pushrods in this day and age?

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Lamborghini shows pushrod suspension at Geneva Auto Show. Don't they know that everyone else has gone to overhead cam suspension?

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Re: Pushrods in this day and age?

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Psh. I got desmodromic suspension. Bitches.
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Re: Pushrods in this day and age?

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...and all that variable shit.



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Re: Pushrods in this day and age?

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LOL at "overhead cam suspension"

But seriously....I've never seen a suspension like that "pushrod" suspension on a street car. That seems pretty radical.
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