ls1 + gt47=badass

[icantdrift]

Originally Posted by S14DB

1999 called, they want your misinformation back.

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/1...dup/index.html

now let's take the IRS on the nissan and make it make sense as to why it's no good for dragracing.

-under squat, the nissan suspension gains camber, and camber = diminished contact patch. the only fix for this would be a full on custom IRS setup with equal length upper and lower control arms and a custom subframe to mount them to.
-next problem would be finding axle shafts that could hold even close to that kind of power. live axles don't need a pair of u-joints connecting them together, or wimpy factory output flanges that would easily lose all their splines during a launch with this kind of power.
-last big problem would be the R200 itself. let's assume he'd find a spool setup to replace the diff with, you still don't have the nice option of super beefy ring and pinion sets that are actually designed to handle that kind of torque application. this car launching on a trans-brake would easily destroy the best parts you can find for the factory IRS, that's if the tires stayed on the ground enough to not spin uncontrollably at launch.

[steve shadows]

Originally Posted by icantdrift

now let's take the IRS on the nissan and make it make sense as to why it's no good for dragracing.

-under squat, the nissan suspension gains camber, and camber = diminished contact patch. the only fix for this would be a full on custom IRS setup with equal length upper and lower control arms and a custom subframe to mount them to.
-next problem would be finding axle shafts that could hold even close to that kind of power. live axles don't need a pair of u-joints connecting them together, or wimpy factory output flanges that would easily lose all their splines during a launch with this kind of power.
-last big problem would be the R200 itself. let's assume he'd find a spool setup to replace the diff with, you still don't have the nice option of super beefy ring and pinion sets that are actually designed to handle that kind of torque application. this car launching on a trans-brake would easily destroy the best parts you can find for the factory IRS, that's if the tires stayed on the ground enough to not spin uncontrollably at launch.

....this is what i was trying to get at before the berrage of " STOCK IRS IS THE SHIT"