Great back and forth guys.
Robert, nice progress on St Marie.
Do you have a build thread on that car posted somewhere else? I have not looked at other boards lately.
Daemon, nice work so far and I'd love to see how the car comes together with the IRS. I know I'm good with sheet metal and a few other mechanical/structural things, and at this point I wouldn't take on a project like reworking a rear suspension like you have. Unfortunately I know my limitations. I'd consider putting an unmodified IRS (unmodified geometry that is) onto a car, however I don't have the confidence to do what you are doing. I've seen a few cars (tri-5's and early 60's GM full size cars) with replacement frames and C4 Vette based IRS's, and I've heard nothing but praises and amazement from the owners of the cars. The C4 Vette has been tried and tested in many configurations, and most of those have been without narrowing the IRS too much. I'd really like to see how you put it together, and get your feedback on how it performs once it is together and you have had some time to put it through its paces, as the one thing that has come clear to me over this search for info is that anything can be done, it is just a matter of how well it works when it is put together. And does it do what you wanted it to do when you set out to put it together....
Having said all that, and since I'm not a suspension engineer, I'd prefer to let somebody else do the engineering and then tell me what can or can't be done with the set up. The one thing I don't want to do is waste a bunch of time, effort and money putting something together then finding out it won't work for what I wanted. Been there, done that, don't want to see that movie again....
Keep the pictures coming and the explanations, as I've been watching several builds like this, and just seeing the pictures of these amazing cars come together really helps explain "the how" and "the why" of these builds.
