Neither a GT nor a GT500 is a "Sports Car". :read::idea:
correct yea i thought about that after the post. but honestly ive had both sra and irs in these cars. as far as handling their was a difference but once setup right minimal at most.
Neither a GT nor a GT500 is a "Sports Car". :read::idea:
Don't put a stick axle in a Cobra! :nonono: Unless you're going to trailer the car to the drag strip and never drive it on the street. :-D
It's just a Mustang. It's not like it's a Ferrari.
My advice would be to not spend a single penny on anything related to the
IRS, unless it's money spent to remove it.
I am merely trying to educate the uninformed. :read:
Writing you off as a lost cause. ;-)
It's just a Mustang. It's not like it's a Ferrari.
My advice would be to not spend a single penny on anything related to the
IRS, unless it's money spent to remove it.
Did it ever occur to you that NO* modern sports car comes from the factory with an SRA?!?! :read::idea:
* zero, zilch, zip, nada
Mutually agreed since you are sitting on the opposite end of the lost cause boat. ;-)
OP - very sorry to see the carnage. Best of luck to you sir! Get that SRA
and never look back! :beer:
Well, since a Mustang isn't a sports car, then why would you want a heavily compromised IRS under the rear when a properly setup SRA will do the job just as well with a lot less weight.
The IRS is compromised, bushing upgrade or not. If the chassis was designed for a true IRS setup, keep it all way. For the IRS-in-a-box that was stuffed under these cars as an afterthought..... it's a waste. After working with both/riding in both setups daily/driving both setups aggressively, you'll never convince me that a properly setup solid is not the way to go with these cars. Aside from the exhaust cosmetics, I don't miss my IRS one bit.
Just my opinion from experience, I just can't say I would ever recommend anyone keep their IRS that's debating the switch.
It was a fully engineered piece, castrated only by bushings.
The good news is with an SRA, you can add a torque arm and a Watts link and it will handle ALMOST as good as an IRS, but it will NEVER ride as good. ;-)
Please list the compromises of the Cobra's IRS. At least justify the propaganda filled statement highlighted in red. This "IRS-in-a-box" wasn't just "stuffed" in to sell cars and read good on paper. It was a fully engineered piece, castrated only by bushings.
Again, it's a Mustang. If you want ride quality, buy a BMW.
I'll buy a Z06 if I want to carve corners.
My IRS is right where it should be...sitting on a storage shelf. It's almost comical that there are Cobra "purists" out there. It's a low dollar Mustang on an archaic platform. It's not
like we own some exotic car that should never be touched.
A "fully engineered" IRS isn't mounted inside a subframe. The rear in these cars is an afterthought, at best. Props to those who try to make it work, and have some success, but it will never work as well as an IRS in a chassis that was designed around it. You can't just take a chassis with a solid rear, and make an IRS fit and expect anything out of it, especially when you constrain yourself to using the same pickups on the frame and everything..... it's a cheesy setup is all it is.
Reading comments in here by SlowSVT and Bruce make me not want to even post. Good luck OP, hope you figure it out. SlowSVT, you are COMICAL AT BEST.