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Anyone Custom Fabbed an RX-7 IRS?

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BaggedMazda87   +1y

I'm doin one on my maz and was jus wonderin' if anyone has custom built anything that would replace the ugly bulky bottom half of the IRS(obviously not referring to the diff itself in anyway)...
Its jus...well, really not pleasing to the eyes...
I guess jus any pics of RX-7 IRS's would be cool but i really wanna know if anyone has jus used the spindles and diff unit and custom built the rest...
BaggedMazda87   +1y
Really? No one?
impulse   +1y
This actually isn't that bad of an idea, it wouldn't be toooooo difficult either I think... just gotta make sure you've got the arms in the proper spot and stuff like that.

I wouldn't mind seeing this as well.
bill brasky   +1y
check stlolo, josh didnt use an rx-7 but he did what you want to do...and others did to just cant remember who at the moment
BaggedMazda87   +1y
Originally posted by Bill Brasky



check stlolo, josh didnt use an rx-7 but he did what you want to do...and others did to just cant remember who at the moment



Well, Freeman used the 300ZX IRS and they dont really have spindles like thr RX-7's KIND OF do... But thanks for the input...

Corey i say we go at it together, we can brain storm together and see what we can come up with!

CSC JR   +1y
Talk to Larry at Innovative air suspensions.
impulse   +1y
Originally posted by BaggedMazda87



Originally posted by Bill Brasky



check stlolo, josh didnt use an rx-7 but he did what you want to do...and others did to just cant remember who at the moment



Well, Freeman used the 300ZX IRS and they dont really have spindles like thr RX-7's KIND OF do... But thanks for the input...

Corey i say we go at it together, we can brain storm together and see what we can come up with!



haha... i'd love to man... I just want to get it done... lol... idea's keep coming up and then they keep pushing back the date at which it'll get done... and doin this would be cool, but I dont think I want to go that far... i've got lots of other things in mind.
BDon20s   +1y
Thought about doing this myself. You would essentially need a 4-link (in a sense) with all 4 bars running horizontally (two per side) across the backside of the rear housing, attached to a central bracket with 4 pivots. These bars would control the camber plane of the spindle. Then you'd need either a second set of 4-link bars running front to back to control the rotation of the spindle, or you could also do more of a ladder bar type link with one pivot up front and two at the spindle. Also, the front to back linkage would have to be triangulated in relation to the centerline of the chassis to resist unwanted movement of the spindle.

Its a very cool idea, and would essentially allow you to have 0 camber throughout the entire travel of the rear suspension... but thats half the fun of the IRS so you could just as easily dial in 3 degrees negative throughout your travel if one so chose.

The drawback.... purchasing an assload of spherical joints to make it all happen... do the math... thats like 16 joints, but there are a couple places a bushing end might be better suited. But using all bushings may not give you the movement you'd want to see in the IRS travel.

Nick
hollywood503   +1y
tyler, do u already have the RX-7 rear end? if not, i can get u one. and tommy might still have the one i traded him for a BD on my truck, i dont know if he is going to use it or not. but let me know if you need one, or if you need any thing for it.
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