Nova guys.... What rearend are you using?
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Nova guys.... What rearend are you using?
Hey fellas,
I'm about to take possession of a 63' nova wagon and am going to make a "sleeper" drag car out of it. Carbed LQ4/ported 241's w/ a TH400.
I was looking for a 12 bolt but they are hard to find w/o paying a high price, same for the 9". I have seen alot of the Nova guys on Steve's Nova Site going with a 8.8 from a ford explorer. All of them come with disk brakes and the only modification needed to make it fit is to shorten one axle tube to match the other, and it bolts right in.
I'm about to take possession of a 63' nova wagon and am going to make a "sleeper" drag car out of it. Carbed LQ4/ported 241's w/ a TH400.
I was looking for a 12 bolt but they are hard to find w/o paying a high price, same for the 9". I have seen alot of the Nova guys on Steve's Nova Site going with a 8.8 from a ford explorer. All of them come with disk brakes and the only modification needed to make it fit is to shorten one axle tube to match the other, and it bolts right in.
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However. by the time you buy gear, bearings, posi carrier and install you will wish you would have spent the money on a 9" or a 12 bolt. I have around 1200 in my rearend and I set it up myself. That is a 12 bolt powder coated, all new internals and strong C-Clip axles. I went way overboard for a street car with the axles but I don't need or want c-clip eliminators. They tend to leak on the street. The other option is to us the ford bearing ends and ford axles but that costs too much.
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Supposedly they are modeled after the chevy 12 bolt.
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They don't really come with lockers. They come with the ford trac loc with is just their trade name like chevys posi and mopars sure grip.
The ford is a weak clutch type diff.
It's not bad after a $80 clutch kit and shimmed tight so the cross pin is a tight fit between the axles (that means the clutches are tight)
My friend did the same thing as what you're talking about. You get two passenger side axles, shorten the drivers side housing, and the pass side axle fits perfect.
He's got a '66 Chevy II
I ran an 8.8 in an old '87 355 powered S10.
FWIW The 31 spline explorer 8.8 uses all the same bearings as the GM 8.5 except for the axle bearings. The 28 spline 8.8 uses all the same bearings as the GM 8.5
The ford is a weak clutch type diff.
It's not bad after a $80 clutch kit and shimmed tight so the cross pin is a tight fit between the axles (that means the clutches are tight)
My friend did the same thing as what you're talking about. You get two passenger side axles, shorten the drivers side housing, and the pass side axle fits perfect.
He's got a '66 Chevy II
I ran an 8.8 in an old '87 355 powered S10.
FWIW The 31 spline explorer 8.8 uses all the same bearings as the GM 8.5 except for the axle bearings. The 28 spline 8.8 uses all the same bearings as the GM 8.5
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Alright than it looks like that's what i'll be doing. Diff. makes no difference to me, i'll just toss in a spool as it'll be a drag only car w/ minimal street driving.