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Once again Strange v.s. Moser????????

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Old 12-13-2004, 01:38 PM
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Default Once again Strange v.s. Moser????????

Once again Strange v.s. Moser????????

is it worth the difference???

Strange $250 more than moser

Strange takes 6 weeks for a rear end

Moser 1 week


I've heard that a lot of people just dont like the gears that moser makes, can you buy other gears to replace the moser ones???

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Old 12-13-2004, 01:51 PM
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Keeping in mind that I don't have either, I would still get the Strange out of the two of them only because of the torque arm bolt design. The Strange uses through bolts (stock style), while the Moser uses 4 shorter bolts that go into threaded holes, and damn near require safety wiring to keep them from backing out.
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From what I've read, the Strange is as close to a stock swap/install as you can get. I've never heard of a Strange customer complaining about the way the gears came set up from the factory either.
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If i had to do it over again, I would go with strange...if the strange comes with the brake calliper plates and axels already pressed in...do your self a favor and just get that.
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I prefer the Strange.

But you can't go wrong with either one.
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I went with a strange and it has 300 miles on it so far so good.
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Never had a problem with 4 gear sets and 2 different 9" rears from Moser. Currently have a problem with a friends Strange 12 bolt eating gearsets. Not sure what that's about though. My vote is for Moser.
Old 12-13-2004, 04:23 PM
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Don't know about the Strange, but I never had a problem with my Moser 12-bolts (3.73's). And it's totally quiet, no whining or howling.
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BTW its a 6 speed and NOS car...... dont know if that matters

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I'm buying a strange 12 bolt with 4:10's very soon......
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I am thinking about jumping ship and going with a blue oval *** end. Strongly considering the sale Billingley is having on their 9" right now.
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Another vote for strange.

If your going to get a 12 bolt get strange.
1. TA bolts wont back out
2. Gear noise
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If you do go with Moser, be sure to get it in pieces and bring it to a reputable shop for assembly. Moser doesn't know their *** from their elbows when setting up a rear. I've seen and heard the outcome first-hand now on 2 different occasions, and 2 second-hand occasions. All were diagnosed as being setup improperly. My rear was sold and in went the factory 10-bolt until I can fit an aluminum 9" Strange into the budget...
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Moser w/4.10s.No noise and nice setup.I locktited and torqued the T/A bolts with no problems.
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i have a moser 12bolt w/373 and never had a slight problem with it has a few thousand miles on it now and still no prob. i am satisfied and i saved bought some extra parts with money i saved
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well you must of bought dinner or something because from what i see moser = $2275 strange = $2300...i think i'd rather spend 25$ more and not have bolts back out or insane whining from my car...prices taken from speedinc's website..just fyi
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never had one problem w/ my moser....lock tight the bolts in and have the gears done by someone who can do them properly and you should be alright..had 4.11's in for 4k miles now w/ 5000+ RPM launches and no noise at all.

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^ so then that negates the reason of getting a moser in the first place since you will be spending more having someone else install the gears...and then you still have the possiblity of the bolts backing out...even with the locktite
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I have seen and physically touched (4) moser rear ends that came out of f-body's that were built so bad that you can actually see the rear was not straight! The cars they came out of were very very mildly modded. None were over 370 hp at the wheels. All (4) rear chewed through gear sets. The shop finally figured out what was causing the problems, the rears were assembled crooked.
my vote - strange all the way
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Well I'm glad I went with Strange. The last thing I want to do is spend $2200 on a rear end and have problems.



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