Corvette C4 IRS Conversion

[5mall5nail5]

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This weekend bro - you gotta do it

[M42Technik]

Holy crap I searched for your thread from your sig pic, good lord this is an amazing build.

And look at the E34 above me! We need info on that beast too!

[nando]

oh wow - now this is what I call doing something "different", not idiot poseur rusty hoods and sportmaxx wheels.

[einstein57]

Words can not explain the awesometivity of this project. I was pondering the fabrication to take on a project like this afer reading about the C5 miata. Do you have an autocad, solidworks, etc file for your setup?

[PiercedE30]

I think Jay might have some rough sketches on some paper napkins somewhere. hahaha

[rwh11385]

Wow.


impressive work.

[CorvallisBMW]

How the fuck did I miss this!?!?!? Awesome work man!!!

[bender]

man i wish my thread notifications worked

thanks guys - i do have some rough autocad layouts, but i need to go back and remeasure some stuff and try to document everything as is.

but yeah, there are like 50 million little sketches all over the garage haha.

getting ready to take it to the strip next weekend. still finishing up all the loose ends

id be interested in seeing the c5 miata, any links?

[ghonarea318i]

God damn now that's a set up!....aside from the money any drawbacks? and uh where the hell are you driving that car? seems like cops would just spend all day following you around. That's the only good thing about germany........love the autobahn. Now if i could just get my slug to move faster. awesome work! truly

[Adrian_Visser]

your car make me horny in my pants. seriously though that is freakin awesome if i can someday build an e30 half that sweet i will die happy.

if you don't mind me asking how long did it take you and how much money have you dropped on this?

[AndrewBird]

Awesome work man. I don't think it could have been done any better. How long did this whole project take (the suspension I mean)?

[Ray Smoodiver]

holy fuck! Insanity

[bender]

thanks guys... the suspension project took about 4 months, estimated 250 - 300 hours

i didn't really keep track of the cost, but the problem was the project overlapped into many areas of the car..

custom wheels.. $$$
replace entire fuel system $$$
custom axles
custom driveshaft
vette suspension
All adjustable heim joints / rods
tires
roll cage
sheetmetal
tools required (sheetmetal brake, etc)

i'd estimate somewhere between 8 and 10k. in otherwords. i'd rather not really know :)

if it wasn't for the fact i can do all the work myself, the project would not have been possible

[FredK]

thanks guys... the suspension project took about 4 months, estimated 250 - 300 hours

if it wasn't for the fact i can do all the work myself, the project would not have been possible

Sooooooo true. If you had to get custom work done at shop rates, this project probably would have cost 30K in labor, not to mention all of the uncounted hours of engineering this project must have taken up--like daydreaming about rear suspension design while at work, while taking a dump at work, at lunch, etc. :mrgreen:

Also, getting up to speed in terms of fabrication skill can't really be quantified. Some people are cut out for it, others aren't. Like me, it took me half a day to fab and install a coolant expansion tank bracket. Hahahahah!

[Borat]

That is fricken cool. My old boss actually has the same rear suspension for sale, bit out of my league though.

Sooooooo true. If you had to get custom work done at shop rates, this project probably would have cost 30K in labor, not to mention all of the uncounted hours of engineering this project must have taken up--like daydreaming about rear suspension design while at work, while taking a dump at work, at lunch, etc. :mrgreen:

Also, getting up to speed in terms of fabrication skill can't really be quantified. Some people are cut out for it, others aren't. Like me, it took me half a day to fab and install a coolant expansion tank bracket. Hahahahah!

Other thing is access to tools and equipment. When I'm away at uni I've got nowhere near the same tools available to me, so everything takes so much longer or isn't done as nice.