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It's suprising how "bent" most 8-3/4 housing are from the factory.

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You think 8-3/4" housings are bad, you should check out the 8.8 housings in Mustangs.

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not much worse really, this is one for a low 7 sec radial mustang

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I hate installing backbraces, especially on leaf spring rears.

Of course, I always do things the hard way. I narrow the rear fist, then I chain the housing down on each end to my rearend straightening bench. I bow the housing with a couple bottle jacks to compensate for warpage.

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I had to do the same to my 8 3/4 housing.
Chained it to an I beam and straightned it with a jack.

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You think 8-3/4" housings are bad, you should check out the 8.8 housings in Mustangs.

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not much worse really, this is one for a low 7 sec radial mustang

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We checked a lot of 8.8 housings at the race car shop. Many of them had the ends welded on crooked from the factory.

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Thanks all for the advise and suggestion , I guess I be on my way to my work soon and take out the grinder and cut halfway thru on both sides and use a wedge to open the gap up to get the ends to line up to each other, and carefully weld it.
I have a new drive shaft and axles from manchini and a brand new center section too, so I don’t want to ruin them with a bent housing.

Anyone use the mosier housing? It was not too expensive ether http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail...mp;autoview=sku
Are they stronger enough or do they need to be back braced too? I run a stroked 440 wedge (500) with a procharger. 1000+ hp
The Dana 60 would be the best I know but my economy does not allow it at the moment

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at the 1000 HP range your going to have big problems if you hook it.

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I alway's cut the end's off then do all my welding and brackets, then the last thing you do is weld the end's back on with a jig to get the wheel bearing bores in alignment with the bearing's in the carrier,,,your bearing's and seal's will thank you.

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Thats the way I do it, the bearing ends are always
last going on.... by rights that tube could be all
over the place as long as the ends are square to the
carrier bearings and I like the tire square to the car

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Thanks all for the advise and suggestion , I guess I be on my way to my work soon and take out the grinder and cut halfway thru on both sides and use a wedge to open the gap up to get the ends to line up to each other, and carefully weld it.
I have a new drive shaft and axles from manchini and a brand new center section too, so I don’t want to ruin them with a bent housing.

Anyone use the mosier housing? It was not too expensive ether http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail...mp;autoview=sku
Are they stronger enough or do they need to be back braced too? I run a stroked 440 wedge (500) with a procharger. 1000+ hp
The Dana 60 would be the best I know but my economy does not allow it at the moment

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Thanks all for the advise and suggestion , I guess I be on my way to my work soon and take out the grinder and cut halfway thru on both sides and use a wedge to open the gap up to get the ends to line up to each other, and carefully weld it.
I have a new drive shaft and axles from manchini and a brand new center section too, so I don’t want to ruin them with a bent housing.

Anyone use the mosier housing? It was not too expensive ether http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail...mp;autoview=sku
Are they stronger enough or do they need to be back braced too? I run a stroked 440 wedge (500) with a procharger. 1000+ hp
The Dana 60 would be the best I know but my economy does not allow it at the moment

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1000 hp stock block 440??

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ARP studs, half filled with hard block and Main stud girdle. Hope that’s enough to keep it together

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Thanks all for the advise and suggestion , I guess I be on my way to my work soon and take out the grinder and cut halfway thru on both sides and use a wedge to open the gap up to get the ends to line up to each other, and carefully weld it.
I have a new drive shaft and axles from manchini and a brand new center section too, so I don’t want to ruin them with a bent housing.

Anyone use the mosier housing? It was not too expensive ether http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail...mp;autoview=sku
Are they stronger enough or do they need to be back braced too? I run a stroked 440 wedge (500) with a procharger. 1000+ hp
The Dana 60 would be the best I know but my economy does not allow it at the moment

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1000 hp stock block 440??

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ARP studs, half filled with hard block and Main stud girdle. Hope that’s enough to keep it together

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yup hope ur right, NOBODY has ever ran a 1000hp rb with a stock block and had it live, they all explode horribly at 750hp right???? lol.... opinions are like a**holes, everybodys got one but nobdy wants to see the other guys,

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I believe he was referring to the 8 3/4 living but
most likely neither the block or the rear will live
at 1000hp

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yup hope ur right, NOBODY has ever ran a 1000hp rb with a stock block and had it live, they all explode horribly at 750hp right???? lol.... opinions are like a**holes, everybodys got one but nobdy wants to see the other guys,

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you wanna see my a**hole????

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