i also broke mine last night also .... i guess it was because of friday the 13th
F*#king IRS blew out tonight (pix)
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Damn, that's scary!
I just got my vert and I can't have it breaking like that as it's my DD. I've had it two weeks and I've already experienced the wheelhop several times but I've gotten out of it quickly each time. I'm bone stock down to the silencer and I drive the car easy. Should I throw down the $$ for the brace or should I wait until I do a bunch of mods at once for the rear??
No threadjack intended. That really sucks!
EDIT: Nevermind I re-read Postban's reply
I just got my vert and I can't have it breaking like that as it's my DD. I've had it two weeks and I've already experienced the wheelhop several times but I've gotten out of it quickly each time. I'm bone stock down to the silencer and I drive the car easy. Should I throw down the $$ for the brace or should I wait until I do a bunch of mods at once for the rear??
No threadjack intended. That really sucks!
EDIT: Nevermind I re-read Postban's reply
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I got wheel hop the other night when i took off at a light. I thought it was a mixture of the bumpy road and my crappy tires. My brother was behind me and he side i was "skipping" all over the place. I will prb get a brace if even stocky's are blowing covers. I noticed some type of fluid, old looking in the form of an old leak comming out of the rear diff when I was getting my exhaust installed too!
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the fliud leak is one telltale that you have wheel hop ... the cover moves around a little a few thosands i guess???? ..... i didn't have whellhop when my broke ... but i was running on et streets .... so where can i get the cover and driveshaft for a good price??????
i had the poly bushing in from and the delrin in the rear and almost all the up-grades ... except the dif brace :bash: ... i did find the driveshaft for 230.00 shipped
Im getting ready to order a brace. Im curious how this happens? Does pressure build up inside the pumpkin or what? I didnt think there was that much pressure inside, even with it spinning? Isnt there a blow off on the diff housing?
Must have been going slowly. I dynod at 642 and 600 and have yet to break mine and I launch pretty hard.
i agree that i must have weakened it over the past year with the wheel hop that i did have and about 20 launches on take off with the et streets .... the cover is shattered, the driveshaft ripped apart at the welds and the front tabs are broken
dougwg said:ok... ok... ok
Even though this time it was not the caps that gave up the ghost I guess I can look into making some up
I think Postban and Blownshift have their diff's out right now and I can take some measurements
ok fine... I guess I can get off my a$$ and head over to Postbans.... so much for a weekend off
I got my Billetflow ORIGINAL IRS Brace. Who else has one?
Can I get an AMEN?!
how much would the install of the brace cost? Or is it easy to do?
+1me32 said:
damn bro that sucks! thats why i switched a built solid axle just for that kinda stupid stuff
sorry for you man..but welcome to the club...with that said..
GET THE BRACE...!!!!
to answer you question.. the install is easy since you have it down(rear end..)
look at the pics above and just remove those bolts and install the brace with new bolts...the kit from billetflow comes with all the hardware and instructions ..its real easy..
GET THE BRACE...!!!!
to answer you question.. the install is easy since you have it down(rear end..)
look at the pics above and just remove those bolts and install the brace with new bolts...the kit from billetflow comes with all the hardware and instructions ..its real easy..
i was trying to copy postbans pic from post #11 but dont know how, but look at that and you can see it is real easy,,
postban said:been watching these things blow diff covers for 3-1/2 years. There has been a remedy since early 2004 when Doug Holloway, Mark Chipetta and Joe Lynch came up with this;
It should be on every single IRS COBRA. That is unless you want to be taking pictures like the thread starter. It does not matter what HP you have, stock cars have broken covers. Oh yeah, replacement covers went from $53 to almost $200
www.billetflow.com or 313-388-8228 to order
here
What HAS to be removed to install the brace? Can this be done without dropping the rear end at all?gud2goe said:
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