Anyone using a Currie 9" Rear?
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Re: Anyone using a Currie 9" Rear? thanks....
the reason i am asking is because i'm always trying to find ways to save money while building my race car and while being in college money isn't always around.
So what i planned to do was to buy a 9" with axles, studs, retainers from www.quickperformance.com and a torque arm mount from www.currieenterprises.com and then just grind off my brackets from a junk rear end and then re weld them on.
If i do it all right with the sale of my present rearend, i'll be at around $500 minus a center section
I think i'm just going to go through with this as money allows and when i come to the brake situation i'm sure i'll figure it out
jim
ps what i have found out so far is that on most 9" rears you have to modify the backing plate some, so i think they just sell you one already modified so you dont have to go through the trouble of doing your own, but i cant verify this completely
the reason i am asking is because i'm always trying to find ways to save money while building my race car and while being in college money isn't always around.
So what i planned to do was to buy a 9" with axles, studs, retainers from www.quickperformance.com and a torque arm mount from www.currieenterprises.com and then just grind off my brackets from a junk rear end and then re weld them on.
If i do it all right with the sale of my present rearend, i'll be at around $500 minus a center section
I think i'm just going to go through with this as money allows and when i come to the brake situation i'm sure i'll figure it out
jim
ps what i have found out so far is that on most 9" rears you have to modify the backing plate some, so i think they just sell you one already modified so you dont have to go through the trouble of doing your own, but i cant verify this completely
Re: Anyone using a Currie 9" Rear? Currie sells a complete 9+ rear for our cars ready to bolt in and go with all aftermarket components (NO FORD PIECES!). I don't know that I'd trust myself to piece together a rearend, but good luck.
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Re: Anyone using a Currie 9" Rear? Everybody sells stuff......i dont trust myself welding but i do trust myself piecing one together. I worked at at trans/rearend shop for almost 2 years...isn't too hard
My buddy just got done building his own 25.1c chassis, he is going to do the welding for me
My buddy just got done building his own 25.1c chassis, he is going to do the welding for me
