Corvette IRS in a 1st Gen??

[dhutton]

Originally Posted by casey38boost

you might want to look into these mounts:

https://rick486.wixsite.com/dobbertinperformance

Did some looking into this myself and it seemed like this is a much cheaper route then going with a Heidt's IRS.

I used his front and rear mounts on my 56 Cameo pickup. That and a $1000 C5 roller donor.

Don

[samckitt]

Originally Posted by dhutton

I used his front and rear mounts on my 56 Cameo pickup. That and a $1000 C5 roller donor.

Don

Curious where you found a C5 roller for $1000?
thx

[dhutton]

Originally Posted by samckitt

Curious where you found a C5 roller for $1000?
thx

Craigslist. It had been parted out but had everything I wanted. Front and rear suspension, brakes, steering, transaxle, torque tube, etc.

Don

[samckitt]

Nice

[dhutton]

I gave what was left of it to a guy who said he was going to put it under an 80’s Skylark.

Don

[CamaroAJ]

Originally Posted by samckitt

Curious where you found a C5 roller for $1000?
thx

+1 on Craigslist. I actually bought 2 of them for my car for $500 each. One was stripped and no suspension, the other was a roller and had everything but the engine, trans, seats, and upper dash pad.

[rustomatic]

It all fits just right, except for the parts that don't, which is all of them. That said, there is nothing wrong with the monoleafs. They (along with some decent shocks) are better than most of the coilovers on the market. The neat thing about the Corvette's designers (at least for the past four generations) is the fact that they had/have a really good understanding of unsprung weight and the desire to avoid wheel hop (and apply beastly grip).

You just need a welder, an angle grinder, and some imagination.