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I've been working on this for a couple months now. I Did a lot of hunting and research on SVT sites and came up with my own ideas for upgrading the flaws on a budget.
Dave, of DVS, is one of our members and I don't know him personally but to my knowledge is the only company offering a simple kit to install a Cobra IRS in a Classic Ford. So, I have to give respect to a guy who took the time to measure and engineer something that would make life easier for the average Mustang Hot Modder. (I think I just coined that)
IRS install kit for vintage Mustangs
To keep things balanced, there's more than one way to skin a cat. Us enlisted guys on a very tight budget just can't afford engineers. So, we become reverse engineers.
This isn't my car but there a lot of pictures of how a guy did the swap in a Mercury Meteor.
Link1
And these guys have a lot of pics using the DVS kit
Link2
My exhaust was going to interfere with the lower control arms so I re-clocked the front cradle mounts to tuck it up under the car 2" more. I also cut 1/4" from the inner edges of the rear upper mounts to allow to slip outside of the frame rails instead of under them, bolted up 2" higher, and then reinforced everything.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500152_large.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500153_large.jpg
I also welded in steel sleeves into the frame rails so they wouldn't crush when I tightened the bolts.
Here I welded a plate to the IRS subframe and bolted through the frame rails.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500154_large.jpg
The way I mounted it I don't need the subframe bushings, its rigid.
Had a machinist make me an aluminum rear diff bushing
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500157_large.jpg
Here's my front diff bushing mod:
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500161_large.jpg
So I didn't have to buy this:
diff bushing
I made this:
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500158_large.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500159_large.jpg
based off of this:
http://www.billetflow.com/showiso.jpg
I modified the stock torque brace to bolt in with the diff bushings:
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500160_large.jpg
based off this:
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f/9178057/m5lp_0609_irs_07_z+irs_fox_body_mustang+forward_torque_brace.jpg
This is an earlier pic of the IRS mocked up too far forward. I test fit a 17x9 from a 2003 Cobra. I was planning for maybe 2" fender flares but looks like 1" will be perfect.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500151_large.jpg
Front pic teaser
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500166_large.jpg
Dave, of DVS, is one of our members and I don't know him personally but to my knowledge is the only company offering a simple kit to install a Cobra IRS in a Classic Ford. So, I have to give respect to a guy who took the time to measure and engineer something that would make life easier for the average Mustang Hot Modder. (I think I just coined that)
IRS install kit for vintage Mustangs
To keep things balanced, there's more than one way to skin a cat. Us enlisted guys on a very tight budget just can't afford engineers. So, we become reverse engineers.
This isn't my car but there a lot of pictures of how a guy did the swap in a Mercury Meteor.
Link1
And these guys have a lot of pics using the DVS kit
Link2
My exhaust was going to interfere with the lower control arms so I re-clocked the front cradle mounts to tuck it up under the car 2" more. I also cut 1/4" from the inner edges of the rear upper mounts to allow to slip outside of the frame rails instead of under them, bolted up 2" higher, and then reinforced everything.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500152_large.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500153_large.jpg
I also welded in steel sleeves into the frame rails so they wouldn't crush when I tightened the bolts.
Here I welded a plate to the IRS subframe and bolted through the frame rails.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500154_large.jpg
The way I mounted it I don't need the subframe bushings, its rigid.
Had a machinist make me an aluminum rear diff bushing
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500157_large.jpg
Here's my front diff bushing mod:
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500161_large.jpg
So I didn't have to buy this:
diff bushing
I made this:
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500158_large.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500159_large.jpg
based off of this:
http://www.billetflow.com/showiso.jpg
I modified the stock torque brace to bolt in with the diff bushings:
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500160_large.jpg
based off this:
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f/9178057/m5lp_0609_irs_07_z+irs_fox_body_mustang+forward_torque_brace.jpg
This is an earlier pic of the IRS mocked up too far forward. I test fit a 17x9 from a 2003 Cobra. I was planning for maybe 2" fender flares but looks like 1" will be perfect.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500151_large.jpg
Front pic teaser
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3822/2001/22053500166_large.jpg