Originally Posted by
mean71cuda
what would be needed to mount a 03-04 cobra IRS to a S197?
A lot of fabbing. Completely different chassis.
S197 uses a simplified version of the 3rd and 4th gen Fbody rear suspension with a top link instead of the torque arm. Other than that,. they are the same thing. 2 lower trailing arms with a single lateral link to locate the rear. Its actually a very good design and why Camaro's always handled better than Mustangs on a road course,.. even though both had a solid rear axle.
I assume you want it for auto-x or raod racing? If you want an IRS out back of an S197,.. grab the IRS out of a late model Tbird. Its on the same S197 chassis. That would work better than the fox based SN95 IRS.
Hurst