LOL!!! Ok and you do? driving a Audi? Are you KIDDING me right know
I just got done reinstalling a 04 Cobra IRS in my GT after throwing that piece of shit Solid axle in the dumpster. If I keep the car it will make serious power. It is being built for 800+ since day 1. The IRS will hold that with ease and hook, and corner, and be comfy.
I would like to see what a chassis without the reinforced lower control arm pickups (240sx) for a solid axle will do when you launch it with some torque/slicks. Mustangs that were BUILT with a solid axle in mind tend to rip the reinforced torque boxes out… I am interested to see what that 240 will do… since I know nothing about putting power down.
I hope you build some very thick lower suspension pickup points and spread the load out over solid chassis section … keeping in mind the direction of the loading
use a panhard bar.
Dont use the upper control arm pickup points on the solid… geometry is a joke
it was originaly supposed to be a driver, but the engine turned out to be on the way out when i bought it, so if i gotta swap it i might as well have some fun in the process
I figured the price was right.
Just consider how much weight this extra steel and parts will add… and what the swaps will cost you versus getting a Fox body or something already setup for what you want.
subframe is off, tomorrow ill liberate the transmission from the block
wiring harness was removed and put away till later, that will need a load of mods’
edit: and oh yea, looks like my custom bellhousing might also have an integrated midplate for mounting the engine. might have to build the front section of my roll cage early so i can mount the engine thru the fireall to that
the wiring needed on the chassis side of things is simple, this is a tibit from a ka24e-to-ka24de swap write up:
Wiring:
Locate the body harness (under dash harness that attached to the ECU) that attached to your old harness. Cut the old connector off (the one that attached to your SOHC harness) and attach your DOHC body harness connector. Just match the colors!
Yellow/Red --Tach
Yellow/Green–Speedometer
Orange–Ignition start
Black—Ground
Blue/Black—Water temp sensor
There will be some wires left over. These are for the SOHC’s diagnostic plug, and are unnecessary
so after i hook up the needed items out of that list …and figure out something for the tach and speedo … all i have to do is take care of any extra wiring the sho ECU needs
so this is what all the tubing is going towards. at least it is going to a good cause. :tup: looks like a fun project. always welcome to bring your shit to work if you need it welded or whatever
