lcfdvette

Im trying to decide if i wanna do full boltons first or get an s60 rear. The car is 2002 SS M6 with 71,000 miles. It had 59,000 miles when i bought it. Right now all my car has is lowering springs, bilstiens, lid, and loud mouth exhaust with a moroso spiral flow muffler dumped before the axle. The rear has a good bit of whine going on right now and after i bought the car i was going the all the paper work in the glove box and seen that the owner had it up for sale before and on the list of mods he had a 10 bolt repair kit. So the rear has def had some problems. The car had kooks long tubes on it before he sold the car to me so im sure the rear has been beat on. I dont know if he ever had any kind of slicks on it or not. Im gonna do both for sure but i cant afford both right now. The car is not my daily driver so i would slowly like to set it up for a mild strip car. I would like to run in the 11s. I know long tubes and true duals would make me smile everytime i get on it but im just worried about the rear. Thanks for any help.

LS-ONE_DAY

You should be fine to do bolt-ons as long as you're not dropping the clutch at 4k, thats the way a lot of 10 bolts break

parks450

iTrader: (17)

I'd upgrade the rear now...what if you do full bolt-ons and a month later it breaks? Your already hearing noises basically it's howling which is a red flag. Do the rear end and get it over with. Then you can throw what ever you want at it.

sscamaroburn02

iTrader: (14)

Well I currently have the stock 10 bolt in my car and so far doesn't have any issues that I know of. I'm pushing about 450hp but I don't drop the clutch and only gets driven on the street.

If I had to do things over again I would beef up my rear and clutch first then start adding power. You can have more fun with the car again. BTW I should be getting my s60 next year so more fun times coming.

+badss+

iTrader: (12)

My vote get the s60 first so you can put a sticky tire on her and let it eat do it right first time.

udienow

iTrader: (18)

You would be shocked how crappy some of the rear ends get.

OP, i was in your same shoes just a few months ago. I had a 10 bolt that made noise. I took it to the track anyway on a DR. Very first run out... I launched maybe at 2000-2500rpm... a whopping 2.0 60 foot. Rear end busted that run the sec i released that clutch. It wasnt even a hard launch at all. $$$ for tow and a month later I am running in an s60 with 4.10s. Anyway my point is... rear end first.

I8UR4RD

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id take care of the rear first. its the wise thing to do says smokie the bear.

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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upgraded rear is a must for m6 cars. you still want to hook good even on occasional street encounters. plus it gets old worrying about it.

bad_408_vert

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you 'll sound like a ricer, making excuses about your rear if you are cruising around with LTs & true dual exhaust & others wana run you.

TransAmWS.6

Since you have an M6 I would definitely go ahead and do the rear end. That way you can constantly add power to the car, launch it as hard as you want on the tire of your choice without having to worry about the rear being a weak link

bwkmaro

s60 all the way! you really cant put a price on not worrying, or a tow bill.... ive been there haha

My6speedZ

iTrader: (18)

HAHA!!! That is exactly how I feel. I cruise around and have to limp my car everywhere and can't even enjoy it, while the half drunk idiots at gas stations are like "smash that **** man I wanna hear it!!!" and I just tell them nah like I'm this mature somebody that drives safely and responsibly in this built up hot rod.... when in reality it's because my ten-bolt it whining like a biaotch!

TXZ28LS1

iTrader: (5)

If you got the money for the rear, then do the rear. If not, just do all your boltons, and take care of the rearend before you throw a cam and heads.

lcfdvette

Thanks everyone. Lookes like it will be the rear first so i wont have to worry about it and not have the money bc i spent it all on bolt-ons

DCbojangles

+1 do s60 first for sure, youll thank yourself later

Fry_

I'd consider a 9" over a s60, there are more options on how you have it built and it wont way so damn much. A 9" from Midwest Chassis is only a little heavier than a stock 10bolt and when you consider the cost of other parts you'll also want to upgrade like the torque arm is doesn't cost that much more.

Ballzee

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cheers to that!!

My6speedZ

iTrader: (18)

I always say if you got the money In hand buy as big as you can then. You might not have a spare 2500 laying around all the time where the spare 3-400 bucks is a lot easier to come by for your bolts ons at least for me it is.

blackls1ta00

iTrader: (27)

take the advice and buy a rearend!!

LS-ONE_DAY

I don't know about that...granted I wasn't looking at MWC 9" offerings, I was looking at a Moser unit through Brutespeed, but the 9" package with sparse options brought me to almost $4000 for the rear end. An S60 on the other hand from either Carl at CRP or MWC is in the $2500-$3000 range including beefy DS.