"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
05/17/2015 at 18:27 • Filed to: None
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"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
05/17/2015 at 18:27 • Filed to: None | 2
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If you ever wondered what the hell happened to the proposed IRS unit in the Mustang? Well if you’re an IRS snob like myself read this article.
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I think Jason Torchinsky referenced this in a post about solid axles a few years ago, but this is a good article to read on a lazy Sunday anyway.
PS9
> unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
05/17/2015 at 18:35 |
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Kinda glad they didn’t use that. It looks half-assed, like an attempt to put IRS on a chassis not built for it.
Cherry_man1
> unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
05/17/2015 at 18:43 |
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I wonder if you can take a Termi IRS and slap it under it.
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unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
> PS9
05/17/2015 at 18:54 |
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They did it with the Sn95 chassis. It was half-assed (twisted drive shafts) but it proved that the mustang could be a IRS equipped car. I don’t think the engineers on this project did a bad design on the aluminum intensive IRS.
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PS9
> unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
05/17/2015 at 19:04 |
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Not to say the people who were tasked with doing that did a bad job, I just think the best bolt-in IRS system isn’t going to be as good as a car built from the ground up with IRS in mind.
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unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
> Cherry_man1
05/17/2015 at 19:09 |
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SN95 and S197 are different chassis. I wouldn’t be surprised if some adapts one to a S197.
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Cherry_man1
> unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
05/17/2015 at 19:27 |
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Well you can take the IRS from the Termi and have it go into a Fox Body no problem...or so says Matt Farah.
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unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
> Cherry_man1
05/17/2015 at 19:39 |
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Matt is right. The SN95 and fox chassis are indentical. Only difference is the floor pan and external features of the sn95.
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Cherry_man1
> unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
05/17/2015 at 19:46 |
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Wow really? Are they the same length as well?
JDIGGS
> unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
05/17/2015 at 19:46 |
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I use to have a built 5.0 and it sadly cornering is my thing. As you can imagine bumpy turn made for some near death, I’ve also never driven a car with such bad snap oversteer and that is really good at nothing in the handling dept.
Back long ago I was able to take my Uncles new 99 cobra for a rip. It felt so far ahead of the 5.0
Ford taking so long to do this = why I don’t own a ford anymore.
The solid axle felt like shit, UTTER SHIT, and it produced just as bad of performance. What a piece of garabage, with those joke rear helper shocks. BAHHHH.
THe sad reality is the mustang up to the first 4.6’s was no more advanced than a 1964.5
Shit chasis, shit suspension, shit brakes, good basedengine in shit form so complete shit.
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unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
> Cherry_man1
05/17/2015 at 20:03 |
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No width and length are different.
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Cherry_man1
> unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
05/17/2015 at 20:05 |
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But the mounts are the same?
daender
> unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
05/17/2015 at 20:40 |
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I’m surprised Maximum Motorsports or someone else hasn’t picked up that finished IRS for the S197 and re-manufactured it as a kit.