options to a 12 bolt
12bolt
9 inch
8.8
Being that your car is a six speed, IF you plan on racing with sticky tires, your gonna pop the rear. My car is mosty stock, and never had slicks on it or been to the track, And i do kinda of drive like grandma, My rear is about toast. Lots of cars have broke stock rears bone stock on street tires. Why waste the money trying to bandaid gms mistake, just save the money and put it toward a new rear.
9 inch
8.8
Being that your car is a six speed, IF you plan on racing with sticky tires, your gonna pop the rear. My car is mosty stock, and never had slicks on it or been to the track, And i do kinda of drive like grandma, My rear is about toast. Lots of cars have broke stock rears bone stock on street tires. Why waste the money trying to bandaid gms mistake, just save the money and put it toward a new rear.
If you can't afford a whole rear end the auburn HP posi unit with some stronger axles would probably be OK! ($315 for the Posi Unit and about $250 for the axles at Speed, Inc.) For serious racing you would need to go with a stonger rear.
Another guy on the "other" board did this which I think is a great idea and cheap:
This option proves to be cheaper than the 8.8 plus don't forget- your stock 10 bolt is still worth $250-$500 (maybe more) so you can sell that after the swap.
SAVE YOURSELF AND YOUR FRIEND THE AGRIVATION AND BUY A 9 INCH. Seriously I fixed my 10 bolt 4 times ($2,000) I have an auburn carrier even but it always gives trouble again. The strongest combination you can get for the 10 bolt will be 3.42 gears and an Auburn Limited-slip. The 3.42's put more stress on the carrier and so it requires the Auburn to have any chance of standing up. I'm tired of fixing mine and all the noises that it makes for the weeks/months leading up to it breaking. I finally did it, I bought a 9 inch, but I did it the CHEAP way. I got the housing, axles and everything but the centersection from Moser Engineering, that ran me like $1100 but because I have ABS it was more than normal. Then I bought the centersection from Ebay, got a rebuilt one with a posi for $375. TOTAL COST = $1475! THATS FOR THE STRONGEST READEND FOR OUR CARS! Not even the 12 bolt is as strong as the 9 inch! Please save your friend the trouble....get a 9 inch.
a 9 inch isnt really reasonable for everyday drivin. it's a really heavy rear end. I went with a Moser 12 bolt with 4.10 gears 33 spline axles and eaton posi. I've really enjoyed it so far and I have had no problems.
Originally Posted by JLMoses
a 9 inch isnt really reasonable for everyday drivin. it's a really heavy rear end. I went with a Moser 12 bolt with 4.10 gears 33 spline axles and eaton posi. I've really enjoyed it so far and I have had no problems.
For a good article between the two, check this out:
http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/te...les/0304_nine/
