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I supported Toymods
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Perth, Western Australia
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: IRS for 86?
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Fri, 11 June 2004 09:24
 
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| Rex_Kelway wrote on Fri, 11 June 2004 17:11 |
| no_tofu_speed wrote on Thu, 10 June 2004 18:54 |
Since a LSD conversion whethe rit be the jap-spec rear-end or another end grafted on its quite pricey already.
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If installing an LSD or indeed and entire axle made for the car is deemed pricey, just try adding up the costs of fabricating and installing and engineering an IRS system for a live axled car(a custom job of the highest order).
Comparison of costs:
Good/Smart option
Parts (inc diff) $2500
Labour (4hrs @ $60hr) $ 240
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Total $2700
Hairbrain IRS scheme
Parts (diff, hubs/brakes, axles, materials etc) $2500
Subcontract engineering/design $1000 or so
Labour/Fabrication (80hrs or so, if yer lucky) $4800
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Total $8300
Rex's pricing may be a little off baecuse he hasn't looked too deeply into it, nor has he thought of all the job entails but judging by the cost of a medium difficulty engine conversion, Rex would say, you'd get no change from $10000.
Rest assured it is a huge job, in which the lives of some very important suspension/handling characteristics hang in the balance
If you want Rex's advice, be reasonable.
Rex's post about not butchering another perfectly good AE86 stands.
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Yeah, what he said!
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