00sscam

1. Why are people still asking how to keep a 10 bolt in service
2. Why are people still buying 12 bolts for M6 cars
3. When will every one stop buying 12 bolts and wake up and get a 9" from a qualified builder.


I must admit i fell for the Strange 12 bolt scam i had to rebuild it 2x before i sold it on ebay.

PLEASE STOP.

cam75w/ls1

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Not to mention that a 9' is easy to swap gears. I have a highway gearset and a dragrace set.

DanO

hmm...

3rdgenguy

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i have 3 10 bolts the one in the car, a spare that sits in the garage, and another spare as a backup for the spare lol.

CATCH ME

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i know some guys runnin serious power to a strange 12-bolt and it keeps on goin. why hate on the 12-bolt so much? ever think maybe you just got a bad rear...

MattIROC

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I must admit, the 9" has given me no problems in my turd gen, and its gone low 10's. Expensive yes, but worth it down the road.

LoPeY

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BLUE01

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Im pretty sure that as long as there are more new people coming to this site there will always be a question about the rearend and everything else on this car. Isn't that what the forum is for??? If the 12 bolt is so crappy why does anyone have it? And why shouldn't you put a 12 bolt in an M6? I have an M6 and was looking into a 12bolt. I would really like to know. Thanks.

SUX2BU

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Mine lasted for a few years with all the track punishment all i had to do was replace the carrier a couple of times. about $120 bucks each time it broke.

Its not the 12 bolt that breaks its the carrier. if you would have gotten a spool the first time you would have lost less power going from 10 bolt to 12 bolt and it never would have broke.
9" can handle more power but they also are heavier and lose more power than a 12 bolt. it is my opinion that a 9" is only really required when running faster than 9's in the 1/4. other than that a spooled 12 bolt with 31 aspline axles is just fine.

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Blue01

READ MY friend ( SEARCH). I had one for less then a year after 2 rebuilds and all new guts it stil;l a POS.

You want one go to the for sale section my buddy is selling his it is not even broke in yet he is going with a 9" because of all the BS io had to do with mine

I also have a 9"form Scott works great Dead quiet best money i have spent on the car so far

you want one $2100 takes it .

https://ls1tech.com/forums/lsx-parts-sale/358136-strange-12-bolt.html

Second_Infinity

People go with the 12 bolt over the 9" because some of us daily drive our cars and need to keep 3-channel ABS.

Viper

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Not to mention there are some of us who autox and road race heavily. The stock 10-bolt with a T2R, solid pinion spacer, TA cover and preload bolts has held up fine for me over 400HP for 4 years now and with DAMN sticky tires! The T2R makes ALL the difference in making a 10-bolt survive. Not everyone drag races.

jimmyblue

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Good to know because that's my setup. Except it's
got a MAC preload cover and well short of 400HP....

TPY2KWS6

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After months of researching I have to say that you are 100 percent correct. One of the big deciding factors in my 9in purchase was the ability of the rear to be abused and remain quiet. This may not be important for alot of people but a noisy rear IMO ruins the fun of driving the car normally. I went with Scott @ DLS (great guy) and my rear should be here next week. I cant wait to get rid of the crappy 10 bolt and put the 9in in. I'll build more power into the car to make up for the extra few pounds and drivetrain loss. It may be over kill for what I need but I wont have to worry about blowing a posi or loosing my pinion depth adj from a hard launch with a sticky tire and having a car that sounds like a Mack truck. For an A4 a 12 bolt will take you farther than in an M6 period.

SporkLover

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Cause some of us want to retain ABS.

foshizl

i thought you can retain abs with a 9" thats what the buiders websites that i was looking at said, i dunno about 3 channel but for sure i saw 4 channel

00sscam

It is all cool i here what you guys are saying about Auto-X. I guess i just gave my side and my experience i went through. If it is working for all you guys great i am just saying i had terrible luck and so has countless other guys on the board.

As for the ABS i did a brake slam at about 65-70 and she did not lock up i could not tell the defference. It was a nice dry hot day but how many of us use these cars as daly drivers at the level we are talking about.

good luck

ls2 bait

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i know for me its because it is my daily driver but even as a bolt on only car its making enough to pop the 10 bolt. im having a hard time rationalizing a 12 bolt let alone a 9 inch. talking about a mid 12 second car that needs a 3k rear end??? thats crazy. id rather spend 1k on a 10 bolt if it could be made to handle to few trips a year i make to the track. btw what the heck is a t-2r?

00sscam

well my car made 407 to the rear with a 10 bolt. I ran the car with the 12 blot and clicked off a 11.7 pass. Now i have the 9" so i do not know how much power i am puting down but with that power level i nuked the 12 bolt twice.

The 9"is in now and all is good.

Second_Infinity

I read a thread a while back about someone who had adapted a 9" to work with 3 channel ABS... Anything ever come of this?