IFS and SFA

bubaloo1983 · Post by **bubaloo1983** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:07 am

hey henry just out of curisousity do you know anything about the full size ifs swap? what year would swap in? cost? ect i hate the look of sfa under the truck ( dont ask why) and think that i am going to need a new front end one day lol

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Post by **HenryJ** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:56 pm

bubaloo1983 wrote:hey henry just out of curisousity do you know anything about the full size ifs swap? what year would swap in? cost?...

I've looked at it a little bit.
Most any differential could be made to work. I like the Ford 9" for the availability and cost of parts.
The biggest hurdle in the whole swap is the axles, and I haven't done enough research to say what would be the best. Lots of custom machining will be involved so expect big $$$$

bubaloo1983 · Post by **bubaloo1983** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:17 pm

some crew dont worry man. 35s do cause alot of problems but if your prepared your truck is going to look killer!!!!

henry, ya i figured it would be alot of work. do you know anything about that mike guys truck? i think i heard you mention he had a full size ifs under there. do you think its an advantage over a sfa? or sfa still tougher

Post by **HenryJ** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:18 am

bubaloo1983 wrote:...do you know anything about that mike guys truck? i think i heard you mention he had a full size ifs under there.

Just what I have read

do you think its an advantage over a sfa? or sfa still tougher

Depends on what you want to do with it. For crawling and mud, SFA. For rally and high speed IFS.
IFS has an advantage where the differential is up and protected. This aids clearance. The wheel travel is straight up and down, as opposed to the SFA which is radiused. Is it worth the huge amount of extra work? Probably only for a limited few.