Suspension Swap
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I had a wild idea today and started thinking of a suspension swap using a second gen.
My idea was to use the entire front section in place of the FB's, crossmember, struts, springs, spindles the whole thing.
And custom fab the rear using the secong gen IRS system, again complete rotor to rotor.
Has this been done before? Also would it net enough to be worth the time/effort?
Thanks,
Eric
I had a wild idea today and started thinking of a suspension swap using a second gen.
My idea was to use the entire front section in place of the FB's, crossmember, struts, springs, spindles the whole thing.
And custom fab the rear using the secong gen IRS system, again complete rotor to rotor.
Has this been done before? Also would it net enough to be worth the time/effort?
Thanks,
Eric
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FB+FC=F-ME
Not a new idea,sorry.Its about the most asked question here,besides TII swaps.
The front X-member isnt too hard a swap.It has been done and its a bolt in, for the most part.You do have to drill some stuff and likely a little grinding will be neccesary.The hard part is adapting the engine to switch to FC mounting(must be a 13B),and hooking up the R&P steering.
The rear is an engineering feat unto itself.The FB chassis and torque box is completely NOT setup for IRS.Your talking a complete redesign of the backend of the uni-body in order to make this work.A solid axle can handle great and there are already proven methods to iron out the binding issue.If you wanna be different and put your fabrication/engineering skills to work,go for it.But its not gonna be a walk in the park.
The front X-member isnt too hard a swap.It has been done and its a bolt in, for the most part.You do have to drill some stuff and likely a little grinding will be neccesary.The hard part is adapting the engine to switch to FC mounting(must be a 13B),and hooking up the R&P steering.
The rear is an engineering feat unto itself.The FB chassis and torque box is completely NOT setup for IRS.Your talking a complete redesign of the backend of the uni-body in order to make this work.A solid axle can handle great and there are already proven methods to iron out the binding issue.If you wanna be different and put your fabrication/engineering skills to work,go for it.But its not gonna be a walk in the park.
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Thanks steve, Thats the thing I want to put my fab skills to the test, I've got a spare car to use, that and the local salvage yard has an '86 and an '88 that are complete plus they know me well.
Going to give it some serious thought.
=Eric
Going to give it some serious thought.
=Eric
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