independent rear end

mazda miatas, rx7s, mitsu starion are all pretty narrow rears. the 300zs and the supras are wider, esp supras

I went with a Lincoln Mark VIII as well, the main difference between that and T-bird is it has disk brakes! I threw the rest of it out because it was way too wide for my s10. Yes it does use CV joints and yes, 5x4.75" is the largest you could drill in those hubs, its very close to the edge.

Edited: 9/28/2008 11:01:18 AM by crux131

Originally posted by standardbyker88



rough quick math. i have a 53" wide rear axle. 7" rims. 40mm offset. that gives me a trackwidth of about 63.2" 2nd gen RX7s have an overall width of 68" and about the same on the 89+ 240sx (s13). im sure i could come across others, but that answers my question.

i wanna do it, because i want to have a nice bit of camber at all four wheels. i got about 5 degrees up front. but thats just a guess. it looks nice but doesnt eat tires. thats the number. haha.

I think Datsun 210 or 510 coup/wagons may have had an IRS( one of them I saw at a junk yard seemed to have one, just can't remember which model ). Something that vintage would have a decent track width for a 78 yota. Some of those cars were pretty popular with the road racing crowd, so gears and accessories might be available for it as well.



:Edit: It is the 510 coupe. It has a semi trailing arm type rear suspension.

YEAH, MY BAD. My Corvette IRS axles are u-joints and the Lincoln is surely CV's..

And Jake (flawlessfab22), what kind of deals can you get on Mark VIII IRS? Mason used a T-bird IRS in the EXPO, and it has discs. I'm pretty sure the LX and SC's had them..
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Originally posted by TOWNLOW




I like this IRS the best because it has half shafts not cv's


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Do you mean that it has CVs and not u-joints? If I remember correctly, those rear suspensions had CVs and the Vetts deffinately have u-joints.

Originally posted by flawlessfab22



not sure what the track width of a older chevy is but i have noticed that the saturn sky and pontiac solstice has a decent looking irs....thinking it might fit better in a sdime, yota, nissan....but it is always something to look into....not sure are far as upgrades for the gearing or lsd's either but it is a idea. they do use a upper and lower and if i remeber correctly they have toe adjust also....the mark 8 rear ends are great and i can get them for a GREAT price.....any one looking for one hit me up....

Actually you are right on. The solstice and sky's are perfect. I bought a solstice rear a year ago. The gearing is awsome. They are also used in the new GTOs and caddy CTS. The gears are 3:91. You can get LSD and the gears are upgradeable. I have another rear diff if anybody is interested.