Gen 5 Camaro Drivetrain Tech - Gforce engineering irs fab 9

Hey guys,

Thought I would give you all a sneak peak at our fabbed IRS 9" housing were developing for the Camaro.
This is the base housing that we will use for several platforms. We have tooling that will allow us to jig locate brackets to bolt the fabbed IRS 9" into the Camaro, G8, CTS-V and the GTO.
The rear will also come with our 300m axles and choice of aluminum or carbon fiber driveshaft .
The housing was all designed in 3-D CAD and fit together perfect the first time :)


Thanks
Chris


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I like that..

Now you come up with this......after I get a truetrac and chromoly axles.

Now you come up with this......after I get a truetrac and chromoly axles.

Hey, what can I say :razz:

You should check out the progress on the CTS-V kit in the caddie section.

Thanks
Chris

nice......$$$$$?

If only someone would come up with an irs system for 4th gens

Very nice looking piece

Once we get the 427 in our car I will probably be calling you for one of these... :-)

Once we get the 427 in our car I will probably be calling you for one of these... :-)

Sounds great :)
Just give me a call when your ready. I've got several shop cars getting this rear. A couple will be in PRI and several in SEMA.

Thanks
Chris

Hey Chris, I think I just fragged my Richmond geared stock unit tonight. Just had them installed on the 6th of August. :mad: I guess that's what I get for thinking GM could put a stout rear in a Camaro. Didn't even get it to the track yet.
Can you PM or better yet email me the details along with cost for this setup? My email is red306bullet@verizon.net

Thanks,

Hey Chris, I think I just fragged my Richmond geared stock unit tonight. Just had them installed on the 6th of August. :mad: I guess that's what I get for thinking GM could put a stout rear in a Camaro. Didn't even get it to the track yet.
Can you PM or better yet email me the details along with cost for this setup? My email is red306bullet@verizon.net

Thanks,

Will do, I'll shoot you an email.
Give me a call Monday and I'll talk it over with you.

Thanks
Chris

Just got the pricing figured out.

pricing.

$5562.

Here is what you get.


Fabricated bolt in housing
Powder coated to what ever color you want (Black is standard)
BMR heavy duty bushings.
Strange Engineering Pro Iron center section w/gears and Truetrac installed and set up
3.5" Aluminum Driveshaft (Add $400. for Carbon Fiber)
300m Axles and stubs


The best part about the 9" is you'll be able to change out gears for dirt cheap. Alot of guys that run 9" rears will have 2 drop out pumpkins, one with say 4.56 gears for the track and one with 3.xx gears for the highway. Since the 9" is a drop out style rear, all you have to do is swap the pumpkins out and your done, no setting up the gears or anything.

For those of you that dont know anything about a 9", you set the pumpkin (the center section part) up on a bench and then you just bolt it in the housing. Very easy to work on.

Thanks
Chris

Just got the pricing figured out.

pricing.

$5562.

Here is what you get.


Fabricated bolt in housing
Powder coated to what ever color you want (Black is standard)
BMR heavy duty bushings.
Strange Engineering Pro Iron center section w/gears and Truetrac installed and set up
3.5" Aluminum Driveshaft (Add $400. for Carbon Fiber)
300m Axles and stubs


The best part about the 9" is you'll be able to change out gears for dirt cheap. Alot of guys that run 9" rears will have 2 drop out pumpkins, one with say 4.56 gears for the track and one with 3.xx gears for the highway. Since the 9" is a drop out style rear, all you have to do is swap the pumpkins out and your done, no setting up the gears or anything.

For those of you that dont know anything about a 9", you set the pumpkin (the center section part) up on a bench and then you just bolt it in the housing. Very easy to work on.

Thanks
Chris

Awesome Chris. As soon as you get the 9" done for the Camaro, please yell. Plus I'd like the Outlaw Axles if that is the way to go. The only other thing is a Truetrac versus a locker. You know better than I do.

Awesome Chris. As soon as you get the 9" done for the Camaro, please yell. Plus I'd like the Outlaw Axles if that is the way to go. The only other thing is a Truetrac versus a locker. You know better than I do.

Sure thing Bruce. We're installing our first 9" IRS into a bad ass CTS-V in a couple weeks.
When I get one ready I'll send it your way. And yes, we can do the Outlaw axles but you'll have to modify the control arms a bit.

Thanks
Chris

Actually if you go with 35 spline, a Moser Wavetrac would be a unit I'd love to try out. :emb:

Actually if you go with 35 spline, a Moser Wavetrac would be a unit I'd love to try out. :emb:

33 spline is standard and 35 is an option with our 9" and you cant go wrong with the wave trac and it's lifetime warranty

Updates ? Thanks Chris.

Updates ? Thanks Chris.

Still waiting for our cnc machines to get up and going. Waiting on electricians and inspections take for ever..
This coming week should be a good week :)

Still waiting for our cnc machines to get up and going. Waiting on electricians and inspections take for ever..
This coming week should be a good week :)

Shit!! I forgot about this.....

LSXtv.com is going to do a full write up on the first kit going into a tricked out cts-v in a about a week.

We've been cranking out parts on the cnc mill the last couple days so production should start here real soon.


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Thanks
Chris

Lookin' good Chris. Can't wait for the Camaro Outlaw version. :secret2:

Lookin' good Chris. Can't wait for the Camaro Outlaw version. :secret2:

It's coming along very nice. We start installing the first 9" fabbed rear in a CTS-V this weekend.
The Camaro kits will be ready here real soon.

Thanks
Chris

Looks like the CTS-V diff is coming along nicely. Can't wait for the Camaro version. :nod:

Looks like the CTS-V diff is coming along nicely. Can't wait for the Camaro version. :nod:

I've got your axles and stubs done, we made some extra sets back when we did the 12 bolt IRS axles and they are same as the 9" :)

Wont be long now.

I've got your axles and stubs done, we made some extra sets back when we did the 12 bolt IRS axles and they are same as the 9" :)

Wont be long now.


Good stuff ! I have an email into Moser about the gear ratio compatibility with the WaveTrac. We'll see.

Edit: Just got the response back from Moser - we are good to go with a 3.25 ratio !! Cool.

Hey guys,

Thought I would give you all a sneak peak at our fabbed IRS 9" housing were developing for the Camaro.

I got excited thinking someone developed an IRS 9" for the F-bods. But then I came to... :(

What will the weight difference be between running this set up with an aluminum drive shaft vs the stock set up?

And pardon my ignoracne...but could this set up be daily driven?

what is true trac?

What will the weight difference be between running this set up with an aluminum drive shaft vs the stock set up?

And pardon my ignoracne...but could this set up be daily driven?

what is true trac?

Chris can give you the weight difference. I'd guess between 20 and 40 lbs but well worth it for high HP reliability.

This is going to be installed on a daily driver.

There is both TrueTrac and WaveTrac.

TrueTrac is by Eaton and is a helical gear differential.
WaveTrac is by Moser and is two interlocking "waves" that work well in both low and high load conditions.

Dont the helical gear differentials grenade if you get tire chatter? Im looking at one of these for my TTG8

Great looking piece. Does it add much weight to the rear-end?

Here are some pics of Speedster94's 9", it's missing a few bolts. I'll get some better pics tomorrow before we box it up for shipping.

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Chris can give you the weight difference. I'd guess between 20 and 40 lbs but well worth it for high HP reliability.

This is going to be installed on a daily driver.

There is both TrueTrac and WaveTrac.

TrueTrac is by Eaton and is a helical gear differential.
WaveTrac is by Moser and is two interlocking "waves" that work well in both low and high load conditions.

How's that 1600hp twin turbo getting along with your new 9" ?
Can you throw a write up here to show folks, that is one bad ride, show that thing off :)

Thanks
Chris

Thanks for the orders guys!
We now have a chromoly driveshaft option available, give us a call to talk about what your needs are.

Thanks
Chris