An E30 with a TBDT rear suspension...

OK, so project E30 is fully underway in my garage. The front towers are tied into the main cage box, the box itself is super-tied into the body and I am staring at a foul trailing arm rear suspension. I have, on my floor under the car, an E36 MCoupe 5 lug setup that I had planned to swap in but... same problem as the original just heaver and stronger. So... I started looking at the Oxy torch, the welder... the pile of cutoff grinding stuff laying around and had me some thoughts....

• has anyone ever put a MacPherson setup in the rear of one of these? That s.h.i.t (having E36 M3 appear here would be confuzing) would fix the toe issue.

• How hard would it be to stuff the GTO or Cobra independent crap under here in case I find a LS-2 for cheep.

• where do I find hubs that can attach to whatever retarded thing I come up with and still use E36 15" wheels?

• Does Kane West really think he is that good or is it just his marketing team thinking that cross-eyed fool needs an angle and "a$$hat" is that angle?

• Seriously, Dont cut anything until you sober up.

Cobra IRS could be had for CHEAP, especially a '99 unit (Mustang guys don't like the IRS, the '99 unit in paticular, as it's a 28 spline unit, and considered "too weak" for drag launches). It's designed primarily to bolt up in place of the solid axle unit, and only secondarily for handling, which means it's a compromised design.

Reverend... when you capitalize CHEAP like that... you make me think like "trade for a 6 pack of PBR" cheap and I get all excited like my dog when he sees a snausage in my hand. Do you have any idea of where one might locate such a thing to evaluate?

It needs to be close in weight to the stock E30 stuff (monster trailing arms are HEAVY). I can fudge the pickups a little but the track needs to be "similar" - if the control arms are 30" long then its a no-go.

Well, actually, on the Mustang boards I frequent, $350 is considered expensive for a '99 IRS. $100 is probably going rate, and free isn't unheard of. I couldn't tell you much in the way of specs for it though, sorry.

Has anyone given any thought to a MacPherson setup? I only see one drawback over the factory setup and that is fabricating a hub to accept the axle bearing. I could probably source a working model from the front of an E46 325iX if I wanted to keep the BMW-ness.

Has anyone gone down this path? Where is your picture thread!?