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David Barrett Senior Moderator Location: Chicago, IL Join Date: 10/21/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 216 |
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David Barrett Senior Moderator Location: Chicago, IL Join Date: 10/21/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 216 |
It was just a joke about a me burying my puppy and being excited to dig up a full-grown dog years later.
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why bother with IRS? Plenty of folks across the pond go faster with a truck axle than most here. Stangely enough, my plans look very similar: Build (w turbo 2.3, T5, Toyota rear end) Volvo 240, Fox Body, or Merkur. (Escort-style 5-link on the volvo/mustang) OR Buy somebody else's Civic Buying somebody else's car and being able to get out on stage sooner than, say, 2018, is starting to sound real appealing.  KF7RWG 
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David Barrett Senior Moderator Location: Chicago, IL Join Date: 10/21/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 216 |
David Barrett Senior Moderator Location: Chicago, IL Join Date: 10/21/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 216 |
John, I've already priced 2.3 Duratec motors for if I do a Mustang. I can get one complete with reasonable miles for $5-600 out the door. A 4.0L trans out of the Rangers/Explorers is a direct bolt-up and has slightly better ratios than the 2.3 trans.
Not sure what you mean with canted shocks? Here's a picture of my last drag car which had shocks in the stock location: 
They tilt it a hair, but that's about it. I'd definitely have to modify the upper mount to fit a nice sized coilover in there. They make stock-location coil-overs for drag cars, but they don't have much travel...We had a very hard time getting them to work(launching on a glass smooth track). Also, here's an idea of the travel the stock-style rear end has. This is running chrome-moly control arms, spherical rod-ends, no sway bar, and 26" tires: 
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David Barrett Senior Moderator Location: Chicago, IL Join Date: 10/21/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 216 |
Well, the IRS out of an 03-04 Cobra is pretty much a bolt in deal. This pic gives a good idea of clearance...Looks pretty flat with plenty of places to mount delrin(or similar) skid plates. I'm pretty sure the suspension has more down-travel than show, that just looks like it's limited by whatever shock is installed:
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