my irs swap is complete!

[sdg97232]

whats up guys just getting around to posting up some pics of my irs swap for the mach. all in all its a very straight forward swap and the ride is amazing with the irs! i swapped the built soild from my mach to my 03 cobra, if anyone is looking into the irs swap from a handling and ride standpoint id say go for it!

heres some pics!

[sdg97232]

it was a lot of work but i think the mach turned out awesome!

[thebestdj07]

nice cars, i agree the ride is much better but there's not one day i dont miss the wheel hop and worrying about busting a axle. plus the drop in weight was nice.

[sdg97232]

here is a few shots of the soild swap into my cobra!

[Fosters]

Nice cars! One day I will have the same setup, but in black

Are you gonna road race the mach or turn it into a handling machine?

[sdg97232]

Originally Posted by Fosters

Nice cars! One day I will have the same setup, but in black

Are you gonna road race the mach or turn it into a handling machine?

thanks......Right now im going to dd the mach so im trying to keep it as comfortable as possible. My buddy wants to take me to auto cross it, he said ill be hooked lol. If thats the case then ill turn it into a corner carver so we shall see!

[LXS]

Pretty sweet! I'd soo do the same exact thing if I had a Termi! I did a "similar" rear end swap back in August of last year. A buddy of mine got t-boned by a big rig, needed a place to park his GT (instead of having it sit at the police impound) till his insurance was able to take a look at the car. As an incentive he let me have his built rear (31 spline axels, 4.10s, 3" extended wheel studs, etc.), along with his MM LCAs and CHE double adjustable uppers....how could I refuse?! LoL Had I kept my old worn out rear Tokicos, he woulda let me have his Competition Engineering 12 way adjustable shocks! I soo wanted them but didn't want to let go of the yellow Koni's I had just bought! Oh well, it's all good! His insurance gave him a nice fat check and I got a pretty decent "hook up" if I do say so myself!

[sdg97232]

Originally Posted by LXS

Pretty sweet! I'd soo do the same exact thing if I had a Termi! I did a "similar" rear end swap back in August of last year. A buddy of mine got t-boned by a big rig, needed a place to park his GT (instead of having it sit at the police impound) till his insurance was able to take a look at the car. As an incentive he let me have his built rear (31 spline axels, 4.10s, 3" extended wheel studs, etc.), along with his MM LCAs and CHE double adjustable uppers....how could I refuse?! LoL Had I kept my old worn out rear Tokicos, he woulda let me have his Competition Engineering 12 way adjustable shocks! I soo wanted them but didn't want to let go of the yellow Koni's I had just bought! Oh well, it's all good! His insurance gave him a nice fat check and I got a pretty decent "hook up" if I do say so myself!

Hell yeah thats a good hook up lol! Having both cars side by side sure made the swap easier. I think im done with the mach for a while i gotta build that new short block i bought for my cobra and get it back up and running!

[Gallows]

Nice to be able to do a side to side swap like that. How long to drop the SRA and install the IRS?

[sdg97232]

Originally Posted by Gallows

Nice to be able to do a side to side swap like that. How long to drop the SRA and install the IRS?

It took about 3 days for everything, thats including allot of drinking and stading around bs'ing lol. We ran into trouble changing the gear oil in the irs witch slowed us down for a bit and rewiring the abs on both cars slowed us down a little as well. All in all its a very easy swap with both cars side by side we ran into very few issues and soooo worth the effort!

[Mach828]

I wouldn't feel comfortable just lifting the back like that and putting all the weight up front. And leaving the chance of it rolling forward on it being in gear. At least it looks like you put some brick wheel chalks up front.

Nice job doing the swap yourself! A polished IRS catback looks awesome from behind.

[sdg97232]

Originally Posted by Mach828

I wouldn't feel comfortable just lifting the back like that and putting all the weight up front. And leaving the chance of it rolling forward on it being in gear. At least it looks like you put some brick wheel chalks up front.

Nice job doing the swap yourself! A polished IRS catback looks awesome from behind.

Lol yeah we chalked the front wheels off the cars wasnt going anywhere they were stable. Hell the cobra dont have a engine or transmission in it right now it really wasnt going anywhere. I thought about polishing the catback for the mach but i just painted it a silver color i really like the way it looks with all the black under the mach!