how wide are corvette rears and how intensive do you think it would be to fab one up to a 3rdgen... 4 wheel independant suspension.... never really heard of it done before, must be hard, impossible or not worth it or im sure someone would have done it... just wonderin, gathering thoughts... if its at ALL possible, i might just attempt it...

 

i dont know but iv thought about it too. dont know anyone with a vette or id look for you

 

gonna be a bitch with the gas tank above the rearend.
good luck, keep us posted.

 

yeah, that was the problem i was worried about... too bad weight is an issue cuz these things are heavy enough, or id just weld up an addition to the frame that held it where it needs to be... but that would be heavy as hell. hmmm... im really interested in lookin into it... maybe if i win the lotto, ill do it... and then hope i dont have to drop the tank any time forever...

 

Actually fooled around with it a few years back.

MEasuring it, it was damned close to fitting right in making brackets and the like of course.

Main problem is what to do with the spring since the vettes use the one mono spring in the rear on c4's.

I started fooling with this after I had found out GM basically prototyped a c4 IRS bolt in kit for thirdgens.

Dimnesionally they had it easy as they line up quite nicely in our cars. There problem was also the spring setup.

It has been done, also believe there are a few vette IRS cars on this forum, at least there were a few years ago.

later
Jeremy

 

hmmm... well then, how about the C5? more expensive but maybe more easily configured?

 

If the gas tank is a problem then put it in the trunk by using a fuel cell just a suggestion. That's what Monster Garage would do.

 

that was another thing i was thinkin of... i dunno, when the time and the money presents itself, ill probably try it