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Dana 60 aluminum cover #2757371
03/29/20 08:03 PM
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What's a good quality one, not crappy aluminum, too thin, or made in china ?

The cap-reinforcing bolt covers are probably pretty sturdy ?

Re: Dana 60 aluminum cover [Re: hemienvy] #2757374
03/29/20 08:06 PM
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LPW makes a great one.

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Re: Dana 60 aluminum cover [Re: Sammy] #2757377
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I have the LPW cover on the S60 in my Duster. It is a big thick cover so you have to watch out for gas tank clearance and stuff like that.

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Re: Dana 60 aluminum cover [Re: Sammy] #2757404
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Originally Posted by Sammy
LPW makes a great one.


I run that black one in the summit ad. It seems pretty good!


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Re: Dana 60 aluminum cover [Re: HOTMOPR] #2757446
03/29/20 11:34 PM
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I have the LPW on mine and it's nice and thick and leak free with a Superformance gasket up
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Re: Dana 60 aluminum cover [Re: hemienvy] #2757474
03/30/20 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by hemienvy
What's a good quality one, not crappy aluminum, too thin, or made in china ?

The cap-reinforcing bolt covers are probably pretty sturdy ?

Lets see, you have a cast aluminum cover that has a threaded hole through it for a preload bolt pushing against either a cast steel cap or a forge steel after market cap trying to limit distortion on the cap work Which one do YOU think will move first, cast aluminum with the preload bolt through it or the cap whistling shruggy
My current bracket car came with a LPW cast aluminum girdle on it, I replaced the pro 5.86 race gears that where in it with a set of used Dana Corp.. OEM Ford pickup 4.56 gears, I didn't have issues with the Pro gears except my poor little bracket motor had its tongue out a the 1000 Ft clocks in the 1/4mile with the 5.86 gears. I haven
t had any problems with that girdle or either set of gears so maybe they are helpful work confused The stock Dana 60 rear end housing is really narrow and it has a 4 link coil over rear suspension with Mark William gun drilled 40 spline axles with 5/8 inch wheel studs on them, the current motor doesn't make a bunch of power or torque(maybe near 800 HP and close to 700 Ft. Lb. torque at the flywheel)
The car weighs 2800 Lbs. with driver with a best so far of 8.863 at 150.5 MPH in the 1/4 mile, aiming for quicker and faster this year wrench luck devil

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Re: Dana 60 aluminum cover [Re: Cab_Burge] #2757591
03/30/20 01:31 PM
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You could paint the stock steel one with VHT flat aluminum.



Re: Dana 60 aluminum cover [Re: hemienvy] #2757660
03/30/20 04:37 PM
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Moser has a nice beefy version.


Moser aluminum Dana 60 cover

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