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Dana 60 #2572246
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Is there any reason why I couldn't cut down a Dana 60 from a Dodge truck to replace my 8.75. I am wanting to us that 8.75 in another A-body and figure if I can get a housing bought cheap I might just start there. What year truck should I look to get one from? What's a good price on a housing?


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Talk to Doctor Diff. I think by the time you buy all the parts and pay for the work you might be getting close to the cost of a new S60 housing. All depends if you have the fixture and can do the work yourself or if you know someone who will cut you a deal and do the job correctly. My Duster came with a Dana 60 narrowed by a local guy who ruined it. It was a complete hack job.

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If you know someone who can narrow it and weld the housing ends on correctly, you can come out WAYYY cheaper than buying an S60.
Both of our road runners have cut down truck Dana 60s under them. Less than $1k in each one. Bought all the parts from Dr. Diff.

They will most likely come w/ either 4.10 or 3.54 gears and hopefully you'll get the good powerlock diff. Then all you need to do is narrow the housing, weld on pass. car ends and spring perches, and buy axles. Possibly buy a yoke too depending on what it comes with.
One of the ones I bought came w/ a 1350 yoke, 3.54 gear and powerlock diff.

I paid $125 for one and either $150 or $200 for the other if I recall correctly. Both were complete take out units w/ full floating axles, brakes, etc.

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'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
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Re: Dana 60 [Re: an8sec70cuda] #2572263
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That's what we did with my car.

We bought a $65 used rearend out of a mud truck someone was parting out. Had welded spiders but didn't care. We cut the ends off an 8 3/4, chucked them in farmboy's lathe to turn them down, swapped a friend my 4.10's for his 3.54's and bought axles and spool from Dr. Diff.

I took it to a local race shop that charged me $400 to check bearings, install the 3.54 ring and pinion and weld on the ends. We reused the 11" drum brake setup that I had on the 8 3/4.

It has held up great and seen many passes and lots of street miles. Less than $1k total in it.

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Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.

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Originally Posted By an8sec70cuda
If you know someone who can narrow it and weld the housing ends on correctly, you can come out WAYYY cheaper than buying an S60.
Both of our road runners have cut down truck Dana 60s under them. Less than $1k in each one. Bought all the parts from Dr. Diff.

They will most likely come w/ either 4.10 or 3.54 gears and hopefully you'll get the good powerlock diff. Then all you need to do is narrow the housing, weld on pass. car ends and spring perches, and buy axles. Possibly buy a yoke too depending on what it comes with.
One of the ones I bought came w/ a 1350 yoke, 3.54 gear and powerlock diff.

I paid $125 for one and either $150 or $200 for the other if I recall correctly. Both were complete take out units w/ full floating axles, brakes, etc.


Hey an8sec70cuda or GY3,

By chance know what trucks they came out of?

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We cut both ours down from truck stuff. Dizusters Turbo car is still running the junkyard 3.54 gears.
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Originally Posted By cdwmotorsports
Originally Posted By an8sec70cuda
If you know someone who can narrow it and weld the housing ends on correctly, you can come out WAYYY cheaper than buying an S60.
Both of our road runners have cut down truck Dana 60s under them. Less than $1k in each one. Bought all the parts from Dr. Diff.

They will most likely come w/ either 4.10 or 3.54 gears and hopefully you'll get the good powerlock diff. Then all you need to do is narrow the housing, weld on pass. car ends and spring perches, and buy axles. Possibly buy a yoke too depending on what it comes with.
One of the ones I bought came w/ a 1350 yoke, 3.54 gear and powerlock diff.

I paid $125 for one and either $150 or $200 for the other if I recall correctly. Both were complete take out units w/ full floating axles, brakes, etc.


Hey an8sec70cuda or GY3,

By chance know what trucks they came out of?


I think the guy said it was an '86 Dodge but who knows if that's what it came with!


'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph
Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.

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One came from a smaller late '70s dodge motorhome so I was told. The other came from a mid '70s Ford 3/4 ton truck.


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'69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60
'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
'73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75
'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
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Dana Corp made several different Dana 60 size axle tubes and housings for trucks and cars.
The most common size axle tube diameter in 3/4 ton pickup is either 3.0, 3 1/8 or 3 1/4 inch (found on Dana 60 HD housings) diameter. I have a Dana 60-2 housing that was in a 4x4 front end that has 2.5 inch O.D. axle tubes shock
All of the car axle housings made for Mopar I've seen or heard of are 3.0 inch O.D..
I have had several 3/4 ton and 1 ton truck housings cut down to use in my own cars that where 3 1/8 inch O.D axle tubes that worked out fine with stock type leaf spring perches up scope
My message is look for one of the 3/4 ton with the 3.0 inch diameter axle tubes in them first if you want to narrow and bolt them in for a stock type use up
I use the Moser 8 3/4 axle bearings ends from Summit for all the Dana 60 housings I have cut down up


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Yes, the smaller axle tubes will make it easier to use the 8 3/4 shock plates and u-bolts. Mine had the 3.25" tubes and took some convincing to get the u-bolts on.


'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph
Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.

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While we're talking about truck rears, has anyone tried a Dana 70, or a Sterling 10.25"? work Lots of them around with 4.10 gears...

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If I were starting with a clean sheet of paper I would do a 9" with NO FACTORY FORD PARTS and you would be further ahead twocents
One of these years I'm going to pull the Dana out an put a 9" back under my Savoy. Much easier to work on and change gears thumbs
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Would have to agree with fourgearsavoy. If you are looking for a strong rear end with lots of center section options and it does not have to be a mopar rearend there are tons of 9 inch rear ends to cut down out there to meet what you need or ones that are close to what a stock Chrysler length is.


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Setting up gears is basically all the same no matter which axle. If you set up 2 sets of gears when you do a Dana the first time, the time to swap is nearly identical to swapping a Ford center section. Though much cheaper (gear set, bearings, spool vs an entire center section). Don't get me wrong the 9" has its place, as does a turbo 400. But for most of the stuff we race, not needed. Heck my 9.0/3350 lb car made 425 passes on a Motive street gear, The Chinese gear was not so good. I would recommend Motive or original Dana/Spicer. This time I'll move up to a pro gear. The stock 9" stuff is 8 3/4 strength at best. Price the good 9"stuff vs junkyard Dana. I don't care care who built the original design. I'm about function vs cost. Dana pro gear, Strange lightweight spool, Strange axles, yoke, housing ends, bearings under $1200. Granted no labor. The Strange pro iron 9" case with pro gear is $1450. That doesn't include axles, axle bearings, studs, or housing ends. Not to mention a junkyard 9" housing is a turd where the junkyard Dana housing will take 1000 Hp easy. Tell me again why a 9" is a better choice. Ya if your at 1500+ then yes spend the cash. But how many of us are there? Not me.
Doug

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I bought a Dana 70 that came out of John Deanna old modified production/ G/Gas Duster to use in my 1963 Plymouth Belvedere bracket car, it had a set of Pro 6.87 gears in it and I ended up using a set of OEM Dana 5.13 gears in it for my car up
That turd was heavy though work
Think twice on using one before acting work twocents

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Re: Dana 60 [Re: cdwmotorsports] #2572455
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I priced out a new 9". by the time I was done, I was looking at more than 3K before shipping. Just had a 60 done, cut to size,spool, gears,axles and green bearings shipped for 1600.00

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I had dutchman narrow my 60, then I put a 70 ring and pinion in it....for about $1K, it was 185 to narrow and 500 for shafts, the rest of the parts were $300ish


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I went thru all this when putting my Charger together. It was no contest when it came to price.

Picked up TWO truck Dana 4.10 geared diffs for 200 clam$. I cut em down, added full floating hubs/spindles, discs/calipers, bearings/seals. Strange yoke, 5/8" studs, main cap studs, a Detroit Locker, new gears and CM 35 spline floater axles - It cost me a tad less than half of what it would have cost to build a similarly equipped 9" over here.

Like a lot of things, there IS a substantial price hike on 9" parts simply because of how popular the rear end is.

Nothing wrong with the 9" but in my application it will be fine and the Dana will take anything I can throw at it and come back for more smile

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A 9" is not going in my car, if I don't do a Dana 60 I will keep the 8 3/4. I'm not cross breeding my cars.


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Originally Posted By cdwmotorsports
A 9" is not going in my car, if I don't do a Dana 60 I will keep the 8 3/4. I'm not cross breeding my cars.





You do realize that Mopar didn't make the Dana rear end and it was available to ALL car makes. LMAO.

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