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8 1/4 rear with small bolt axles? #85346 07/07/08 03:19 PM 07/07/08 03:19 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 743 65Valiant OP super street
65Valiant OP super street Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 743	Anyone done an 8 1/4 rear with small bolt axles? Im guessing you would have to get custom small bolt axles Reason being, 7 1/4 makes me worry as I add more power to the v8 on my 65 valiant 8 3/4 are hard to find and expensive/heavy I already have 3 sets of small bolt wheels! Thanks in advance!

Re: 8 1/4 rear with small bolt axles? [Re: 65Valiant] #85347 07/07/08 03:49 PM 07/07/08 03:49 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Never made one, but sure Moser would be happy to hook ya up for a small fee.

Re: 8 1/4 rear with small bolt axles? #85348 07/08/08 02:25 PM 07/08/08 02:25 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 743 65Valiant OP super street
65Valiant OP super street Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 743	im surprised no one else has ever done this

Re: 8 1/4 rear with small bolt axles? [Re: 65Valiant] #85349 07/08/08 02:48 PM 07/08/08 02:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	Shouldn't be any big deal to drill them. A lot of people redrill going the other way - so what would be the big trick to this? If I wanted a small bolt pattern rather than spend big buck that that is what I would do.

Re: 8 1/4 rear with small bolt axles? [Re: MoparforLife] #85350 07/08/08 02:51 PM 07/08/08 02:51 PM
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slantzilla Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,167 Park Forest, IL	The problem will be the register in the center of the axle. BBP has a lot bigger one than SBP. If you have steel wheels that will be an issue. "Everybody funny, now you funny too."

Re: 8 1/4 rear with small bolt axles? [Re: slantzilla] #85351 07/08/08 04:16 PM 07/08/08 04:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	Quote: The problem will be the register in the center of the axle. BBP has a lot bigger one than SBP. If you have steel wheels that will be an issue. BS - After market and even a lot of later OEM wheels come nowhere near a register. The wheels center with the cone, shank/cone combination, or shank on the nut depending on the wheel with no problem and the type of nut they use.

Re: 8 1/4 rear with small bolt axles? [Re: 65Valiant] #85352 07/08/08 04:37 PM 07/08/08 04:37 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,020 Pangaea B5 Bee master
B5 Bee master Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,020 Pangaea	Wheel to fender clearance may be an issue. The LBP 7.25 and 8.25 are wider than the SBP 7.25 and 8.75. The difference is made up with wheel backspacing, the 4" pattern wheel has less. Compare a SBP 5.5x14 Rallye with a LBP 5.5x14 Rallye, you'll see the difference. So if ou drill the 8.25 rear to 4" and use 4.5" wheels, expect to have less clearance between your tire and wheelwell lips. Keep the 4.5" pattern, sell the 4" wheels and buy 4.5". You'll have a larger selection of wheels to pick from if you do.

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