Thanks for your reply Rficalra, I have drag raced on welded axles in a solid beam type rear end before, if you have an open diff all that happens is it just gives you neutral...., no drive.... anyway. I agree that resplined axles would be best, still looking for a factory original equipted, used hub/upright that is small and uses 4 on 100 mm rim mounting, any ideas?

As the title says, I have a Spitfire and I can not wait to replace the stock rear suspension.  My Donor is the rear suspension from a Subaru Justy. It has a nice and lite solid mounted diff section, (hopefully not too lite duty!) lower control arms and struts plus two links going forward. The drive shafts have C/V joints and solid steel axles. I want to cut and shorten 1 driveshaft so that I can move the centered diff section over towards the passenger side. That way I will have less angle on the driveshaft from the engine/ trans. which will be mounted over to the passenger side.
Instead of also shortening the lower control arm on the shortened side I was going to move it's inner mount over. Will the difference in mounting points relative to the center of the vehicle as well as the different axle lengths have an effect when the suspension works up and down. I only expect to have 2 maybe 3 inch's of travel.