IRS in a Galant

[shuggy]

Has anyone attempted this?
it wouldnt be possible would it? have to mount coil springs n all that jazz wouldnt ya?

i heard of an LA with it.. so maybe it is possible?

discuss please

[woops]

It'd be a job not for the faint hearted. Unless you are really good and welding you would struggle to get a worthwhile benefit from doing this. You would need to weld in the strut tubes and tops into the wheel arches, and mount all of the independent cross members at the right angles and positions.This also doesn't guarantee you will actually get a better handling vehicle from all of this work due to the complexities associated with making a vehicle handle really well. Personally i would say there are much better ways to improve your handling such as front sway bar upgrades and maybe an lsd for the rear. Also i would say that you would be able to get a stronger diff for the same money in the solid rear end than an independent rear anyway. An independent rear would be way down that list of handling upgrades due to cost vs benefit.

I hate to say this but if you want an old school vehicle with independent rear suspension the 1600 would be a cheaper option and more worthwhile option but if you are after something different anything is possible.

[shuggy]

yeah im not doing it, not for me!

was just interested to maybe see if it was possible one day down the track..

[Torana68]

I dunno I keep thinking of that episode of the Simpsons when Homer designed his dream car, not sure why but I keep having a flashback of it when I read some of your posts . . . .

[regina]

I love the side steps. Might have to look at fabricating some up for regina.

[shuggy]

hell yeah!

[Tj.]

Seconding the 1600 suggestion there. But they're far from a perfect set up, plus a decent diff will set you back an arm or two.

I have however seen sigma/scorp trailing arm/coil spring set-ups in galants. There was a blue coupe on eBay that the owner had built as a khanacross car (which made me sad in the pants)
The benifits are obvious for a dirt racing car but imagine the hoops you'd have to jump through to get it engineered.

Stick with tramp rods.

[DMz]

I would go a s13 cradle Ive seen it done in sigmas it requires a fair bit of work, and you would be able to get LSD's and coilovers for it from the drift boys cheap. r180s and r200s form 1600s and early zed cars are getting rare as and guys want arms and legs for them....

Check this out, factory IRS in a sigma!

[TUFSIG]

god dam i want a import gsr