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[QUOTE]Originally posted by LuvMy04GT: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by 1Sicgt: [qb] Well Lets clear up alot of garb and bs. The ford IRS has many downfalls, alot that surpass even the downsides of the stock solid rearend. The major problem the IRS has is that it DOES NOT GAIN NEGATIVE CAMBER UNDER COMPRESSION. Lets understand what this does. Under side G-load, the wheel travels up into the wheel well, but not gaining negative camber, actually creating more positive, creating a push in the rearend of the car. Thus, NEVER allowing full power to be transfered to the ground exiting corners. Period. And NO AFTERMARKET PARTS, or CURRENT IRS FOR FORD FIXES SUCH PROBLEM. So even adding all you want, it won't matter. Next, the rear cover is prone to failure. The casting they used is really cheap, and has failed numerous times for many people. Plus the stock IRS is known for its wheel hop. Now VS. the stock solid. The solid has 3 main down falls too. But not nearlly as severe. The uca bind in the pivot bushings. Crappy design being angled. They should have done it as a straight four link, moved the springs to the rear farther. 2nd, weak sway bar, which really is not a true sway bar but in its design, its a torque link. A sway bar needs to pivot from the frame or a solid point to give a true function. The Swaybar here bolts between the lca's only. But right above it is the REAR END that is bolted to the same LCA's. This does NOT allow the Rear Sway bar to pivot or twist as it should. Instead, under hard transfer, whith no pivot location, all the stress is transfered to the weakist link which is the flat of the swaybar, where many of us have seen them brake. 3rd, the cheap stamped LCA's are easy to bend under hard G-loads. Now the solid has a bit of negative camber in it from the factory, approx -1.2' this stays constant under corner loads, allowing more power to be applied exiting corners, thus giving the solid its first advantage. Another advantage is the wieght of the two systems. The IRS in all its mighty, weights alot more. Ruffly 200# more. See where I am going with this???? If you need more info, feel free to bug me. ;) [/qb][/QUOTE] :worship: :worship: Dont forget you told me that solid has more of a feel than irs :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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