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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 09:24 PM
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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


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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 10:20 PM
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I like that..
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Now you come up with this......after I get a truetrac and chromoly axles.
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Old Aug 22, 2010 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by edmanet
Now you come up with this......after I get a truetrac and chromoly axles.
Hey, what can I say

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

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Old Aug 22, 2010 | 12:07 PM
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nice......$$$$$?
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If only someone would come up with an irs system for 4th gens
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Very nice looking piece
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 10:56 AM
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Once we get the 427 in our car I will probably be calling you for one of these... :-)
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Originally Posted by FLP
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.

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Hey Chris, I think I just fragged my Richmond geared stock unit tonight. Just had them installed on the 6th of August. 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

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Originally Posted by Never Satisfied
Hey Chris, I think I just fragged my Richmond geared stock unit tonight. Just had them installed on the 6th of August. 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

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

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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.

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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Gforce Engineering
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.
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Originally Posted by speedster94
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 *** 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.

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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 06:53 AM
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Actually if you go with 35 spline, a Moser Wavetrac would be a unit I'd love to try out.
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Originally Posted by speedster94
Actually if you go with 35 spline, a Moser Wavetrac would be a unit I'd love to try out.
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

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Updates ? Thanks Chris.
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by speedster94
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
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Originally Posted by Gforce Engineering
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
****!! I forgot about this.....
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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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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