9" Question
9" Question 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.
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.
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.
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 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...
Originally Posted by Hawkcmc
At least try for a War Case if you cannot get a Nodular case.
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but i do believe the WAR case is the weakest. The nodular is the strongest followed by the standard case then the WAR case. The standard case is plenty strong. I have a friend that was running 8' s at 160mph in the qtr on a standard case 9 inch. He ran it for a few years before he finally broke it. The reason is he was showing off at the track and went with double the amount of laughing gas he usually uses off the line. 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.