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crysalis_01 · 06-02-2014, 11:22 PM

I'm wondering if all the confusion is coming from Ford cutting weight in the chassis, thusly "meeting their goals", but then gaining it back in all the content. Much like C7 did. Ford could be alluding to loses that they've met...in the chassis, but that's not the whole picture.

Nester, the ILIRS is nothing like the traditional IRS that's in the '99-'04 Cobras, or the current Camaro for that matter. The traditional systems have lot of additional structure that isn't present in the ILIRS design. So weight gain in comparison to the traditional system is much less.

06-02-2014, 11:22 PM	#86
crysalis_01 Iron fist, lead foot Drives: 2003 Mustang Cobra Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Wyoming Posts: 1,243	I'm wondering if all the confusion is coming from Ford cutting weight in the chassis, thusly "meeting their goals", but then gaining it back in all the content. Much like C7 did. Ford could be alluding to loses that they've met...in the chassis, but that's not the whole picture. Nester, the ILIRS is nothing like the traditional IRS that's in the '99-'04 Cobras, or the current Camaro for that matter. The traditional systems have lot of additional structure that isn't present in the ILIRS design. So weight gain in comparison to the traditional system is much less. __________________ '03 SVT Cobra-SC4.6L V8 \|\| modded with mods'n'stuff