impressive!!!!
Finally buttoning everything up on the rear end.
One of the issues with starting with a car that had its shit pushed in is that things won't always fit.
Case in point here is the IRS cradle. The passenger side physically will not move up any higher at all. The pic below shows how far out it is currently.
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I had to elongate the holes to move the bracket back further on both sides as well. After doing measurements the rear end is currently sitting square. From here I will just add plates to the outside and bolt through the wheel well sandwiching the thin metal. On the opposite side I will run a support bar from one side to the other like the strut tower brace. Finally the brackets will be welded to the car. It may not line up but its staying where she's at now.
Pic below shows where my future bracing will be.
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I want to run bars from the main hoop down to the strut towers for additional strength.
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Got my diff cooler mounted, the fan is a pull fan so when its off hopefully the flow will still have some cooling effect, but when it is needed the fan will pull the air through and exhaust the air out through the back.
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I am just waiting on a 10MM bubble flare tee fitting to come in. Once thats done I will hook my brake lines back up and I should be able to put the car back on the ground and drive it in for an alignment.
BTW anyone have suggestions on alignment settings for track driving??
impressive!!!!
Love the mongoose. I have a gt interceptor in the basement.
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Looking good. PPG cars set up my car with full positive caster, full negative camber, and zero toe(stock location suspension). I first tried the 2000 Cobra R specs with the R suspension and it was pretty good. I can't remember the R specs which are on this forum somewhere but why go mild. And besides, you are on coil overs right? A bit more adjustment. I was also on steeda c/c plates(switching to MM). Right now before the front upgrade I think it is 2.0 negative camber front, 0 toe, and I think 4 or 5 degrees positive camber. Rear is 1.5 negative camber but I think you can elongate the section where that adjustment is a bit to get close to negative 2, and toe is zero. I dont think you can adjust rear caster on 1st gen IRS. I would do small adjustments to dial in for your track. I was running at NOLA motorsports park.
Roll bar looks good.
Ever think about adding some tube around the roof and down the front pillars like the EVO on EVO corner on pike's peak? Just in case you do any hill climbs.
Good progress. Is the diff cooler fan setup on a temperature switch? Or is it manual?
Also, the additional bars you will run that go to the rear black brackets on the wheel arches...are you welding tube to those? If so you won't be able to remove those bolt on brackets lol.
I might keep a tenth of toe in on the rear to start out..
But yeah I agree with the dude above, all the caster it will take and all the front camber.
And was there no way to mount the cooler under the car? I just am not a fan of fluids being inside the cabin.
Any thought on throwing some 4 piston Brembos up front?
Ill give you my address if you want to send me a set!
The stock brakes have been fine for me so far, if I start to have fade problems I will probably upgrade down the line.
It's going to look awesome with the IRS catback on.
Oh gotcha, it's a little hard to see it right now.It is on there already! I just removed the huge tips so the stop short of the bumper. Im going to weld in v band clamps and have two sets of tips. one set straight out and the second set will 90 degree turn to the passenger side for when I go to tracks with sound limits so I can point them away from the sound meter.
check your abs lines in the back to make sure they are tied down and away from the tires. if they are rubbing, it will make that sound...ask me how i know....
car looks great.
Fantastic! I'm really looking forward to your impressions of the IRS. I bought an IRS that turned out to have a completely trashed differential, so I'm going with MM parts on the SRA for now. Due to that, I'm guessing it will be 2020 before I bother installing the IRS.