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Old 08-19-2008, 09:41 AM
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Well it's summer and I don't usually get much done when it's warm, but I've made a lot of progress since my last post so I thought I'd share. Front subframe is finally finished and installed in the car along with the motor. The car finally rides on all four wheels for the first time in 4 years! I plan on getting the car back in drivable condition and then flog on it for a while to make sure it's like I want it. Then pull the subframe and motor back out to clean it all up and refresh it, then off to paint. I'll be doing a lot of Auto X and some track days at VIR with it before I determine its worthy of paint. Stay Tuned, I'll post more often now that I'm actually making progress.





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Old 08-19-2008, 10:29 AM
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Nice progress.

What front sub frame is that? Looks like you are running c5 or c6 uca.
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Old 08-19-2008, 12:20 PM
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It's a C5 frame with a Mustang rack. Built and designed by me in my massive shop (as seen in the background of the last pic)

Lots of Props go out to Matt at AME for some tips, and Rodger at Ironworks for some of my laser cut parts.

Other than the lasercut parts, I built the whole thing with a 4" cutoff wheel and a Home Depot welder! Including the Ebay Vette parts, I have less than a thousand tied up in it.
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Old 08-19-2008, 03:23 PM
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what was it like putting in that vette IRS?

what year did it come out of?

a bitsh?
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Old 08-19-2008, 04:54 PM
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looks great, do you have any pics of the IRS install?
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nice work, I'm part of the "I cut everything on my frame build with a cutoff wheel" club also
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I have lots of Pics of the IRS install, no kit, I did it all myself. Any particular details you want to see? I'll post them in the morning.
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IRS is from '96 vette, 3:55 posi, and disk brakes. Not too hard to do with basic tools. I had some parts laser cut for me, but I have the templates in DXF format that any shop can cut. I'll try and post some more build Pics tomorrow.
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Pics, hurdles and any info re the IRS install would be great.
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Here's some pics of the IRS Install, I made my own "dogbones" and used Vette products Camber and Toe adjustment rods, so every degree is adjustable. From the pics you can see that my front mounts for the trailing arms (dogbones) are also adjustable. I wanted to try and be able to dial out some of the anti squat that these rear ends have, I don't know if it will do any good or not, or if it will even work, but at least it looks cool! the mounts as you see in the pics are set on the stock angles. The other strugle was where to mount the sway bar, the pics are a little difficult to see, but I built a tunnel in the trunk pan and mounted the bar above the gas tank, It worked out real well, and the bar sits perfect on the frame, but changing the bar is going to require me to drop the tank. The car has the DSE mini tubs in it and that makes things fit real easily, especially the front dogbone mounts. If I had to do it all over again, I would probally mount it higher in the car, I can still get the dropped look with it, but it puts the axles on an upward angle.





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