How much weight will this shave off the rear of the car??
anyone know??
Thanks,
Mike
anyone know??
Thanks,
Mike
IRS to Solid Rear
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about 100lbs.
ya ~100 lbs. or so. if you are doing it because of wheel hop issues, just fyi, i had wheel hop issues in my 93 5.0 sometimes.
is it worth it though?
to some, yes. its a preference thing. i'd have to drive an 03/04 cobra with a solid to sell me on it though.
damn, i've heard 250 lbs. . .
i did the swap on my old 03 ocbra that i had and it did shed more than 100lbs and yes it is worth it. I installed a stock 8.8 that 3.73's installed with aftermarket lower control arms and stock upper control arms (no quad shocks either) and i had ZERO wheel hop. If you're getting wheel hop from a solid rear axle you're doing something wrong. Besides the twin screw blower that i had on it, the SRA mod was the 2nd best thing i did to that car!
LOL do you really think the solid is immune to wheel hop?? it's very real, it doesn't happen often at all, but it's not perfect either.
and if your going to do it, MAKE SURE to reinforce the tq boxes. they'll probably still end up getting mangled but atleast they'll hold up a little longer. it's about a MUST as getting subframe connectors in a performance car.
Very true, Wheel hop can and does happen with SRA's as well. The thing to remember though, is it can usually be cured with simple pinion angle changes or better control arms. It also is WAY less destructive in an SRA car than it is in an IRS car. Wheel hop will tear CV joints apart and also causes enormous amounts of stress on the diff cover.
any you guys using a SRA for road racing instead of your irs?
i want a SRA... What was the total cost of some SRA swaps, I do the labor of coarse.
yah and thats what ill prolly do. Do you know if the mach 1 and GT rear ends are the same? a friend is putting 620 whp on his mach 1 rear end and is holding up great.
I'm doing the swap right now...
If you wanna see
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7083820#post7083820
I hope that I can knock 100+ lbs out of the car with the SRA. Since the last trip to the track the car should weigh 200lbs+ less. I have added racing seats and rear seat delete as well..
If you wanna see
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7083820#post7083820
I hope that I can knock 100+ lbs out of the car with the SRA. Since the last trip to the track the car should weigh 200lbs+ less. I have added racing seats and rear seat delete as well..
i did a solid axle swap w/ griggsgr40 set up in rear and absolutley love it no wheel hop and car hooks great still saving for front setup though
i have a sra id be willing to trade
I did it. DO IT do it! You'll love it. Although i had to get drag bags the gt eibach sportlines squat a LOT. But now it rides like a cadillac and pulls like a train. I also have 3.73's. I took the axle out of my gt and got finished in about 4hrs.I also ditched the quad shocks. No wheelhop yet.
:dw:
So help us all out here and let us know what the magic tire is.
Have have had:
315 Hoosier DR's
275 MT Dr's
315 BGF DR's
295 Falken RT-615's
Goodyears
KDW's
On and one that wont snap the stock halfshaft like a twig.
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