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I was talking with some local guys, and they said that a Ford E-100 van housing is almost the correct width for use in a 4th Gen. Camaro. As I recall the stock rear is like 64.5" wide, is this correct? He was saying that the rear out of a E-100 is 64" wide. Has anyone tried using one of these. It's been raining here so I haven't had a chance to hit the Pull-A-Part to measure one. I was thinking about Buying a Moser Torque Arm brace and welding the panhard rod and lower control arm brackets from the stock rear to it. It's a drag car so I don't have ABS anymore. I have the center section and disk brakes left over from the Pro-Street car to use in it.
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No, the catch is I already have three center sections left over from the race car and a complete disk brake setup. The E-100 van rear is coming out of a Pull-a-Part. The rear cost me $47 from pull-a-part, so I don't have even close to the same money as a Moser. Since I'm a fabricator changing the brackets is a walk in the park.
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4th gen housing width is 53.125 flange to flange. Call up MOser thay sell a kit that will have all of the brackets and torque arm mount. Fabricate away.
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Originally Posted by 1BAD86Z28
4th gen housing width is 53.125 flange to flange. Call up MOser thay sell a kit that will have all of the brackets and torque arm mount. Fabricate away.
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Originally Posted by CTSmechanic
If you are planning on using the OE peices and replacing the ends or narrowing you'll need a fixture to insure accurate alignment it will set you back a few hundred bucks... and if you have not welded on a housing you can destroy one in a jiffy...
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Originally Posted by Hawkcmc
At least try for a War Case if you cannot get a Nodular case.
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I'm not too worried about the case, two of the cases from my other car were stock cases with spools and I didn't have problems with the cases. Like mentioned above I did have axle problems. That's why I'm using them for this car, I switched that car over to 35 spline axles. I'm trying to build this one cheap just to have have something to play with until the other car is finished.