My 9 Inch Ford Install
10-17-2011, 08:15 PM
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My 9 Inch Ford Install I've posted these pictures elsewhere but they may not be otherwise available to someone considering and searching for a 9" Ford kit. I believe I would have done this mod much earlier had I seen or had the chance to deal with one. Everything was pretty much a bolt in. We chose the 3.50 gear as I am approaching 1,000 rwtq right now. Anything less just seems to make the lower gears useless. We also went with the 35 spline Wavetrace differential. The kit contains 300 mm stubs and axle shafts and stronger CVS assemblies. We had installed 33 spline outer hubs while running the spool on the OEM differential so we kept them. All in all I like the setup, it just feels solid. Enjoy the pictures.
07-21-2013, 09:15 AM
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Wavetrac took a **** with less than 1000 miles and 4 passes at 60% throttle. Warranty would only fix it once be3cause of the trans brake and 90+ rwhp. New Strange S-Trac going in.
07-21-2013, 02:25 PM
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^^^Guitar, he said 1000 rwtq and I believe he ment +900 rwhp.
With the space limitations for the posi unit inside a 9 inch and correspondingly small physical size of the units, I don't think any posi will live with your power and setup at the track. S-Track is a gear type posi, those don't handle large shock loads very well, you need a Spool. The whole setup looks Great btw.
With the space limitations for the posi unit inside a 9 inch and correspondingly small physical size of the units, I don't think any posi will live with your power and setup at the track. S-Track is a gear type posi, those don't handle large shock loads very well, you need a Spool. The whole setup looks Great btw.
Not sure if it was the power or the trans brake or the 3500 lbs weight of the car or all three that they based the decision on. If I were running 500-600 whp I would have probably stayed with them providing they would support their warranty with the trans brake. As it was, the response wasn't what I invested in. Truth is it will probably take a spool to hold my power.
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^^^Guitar, he said 1000 rwtq and I believe he ment +900 rwhp. With the space limitations for the posi unit inside a 9 inch and correspondingly small physical size of the units, I don't think any posi will live with your power and setup at the track. S-Track is a gear type posi, those don't handle large shock loads very well, you need a Spool. The whole setup looks Great btw.
The hell of it is my OEM Dana held the power for three years and approximately 3000 pretty hard miles, quite a few on the OEM GTO Posi, and that was on an M6. I would have never dreamed putting a Ford 9 inch in it would introduce a single point of failure.
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08-16-2013, 07:48 PM
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Got the pumpkin and case put back together today, hopefully start putting them in tomorrow. Really getting excited about the S-Trac.
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