New rear

It replaced
An 8.8 in this duster

Awesome (no purist booing here, lol)! What combo is in the Duster? It's your son's car, right?

Nice 8 3/4!!!?

After breaking 8 3/4 over and over and over , I went with most people use . I’m not one to debate it but ….. 😂

Yes , had a junkyard Magnum the had a cam intake and headers . With a plate it eventually went 10.90’s . Rebuilt the motor with a set of pistons , that went 11 teens on motor . Now it’s getting a motor rebuild again . He also put a chrome moly cage . So lots of updates

Looks good!

nice

Lookin' good, lookin' GOOD, Tony!

Nice upgrade and killer Duster!

Very nice! Wish I'd gone w/ a 9" years ago, oh well.

I like Dana 60s

X2..... and i still run the 8.75 with a Moser housing.

Thanks for the

Nice rear....

I forgot to add ...Love that car! Similar to Steff's boy Corey in that they too started with an 8.8 because it was an affordable upgrade. But like your boy, under your influence, it didn't take long to make that part inadequate lol.

Exactly. He paid 150.00 for the 8.8 . We cut all the brackets off . Welded on new perches . He bought new brake pads and drilled rotors . For under 300.00 he had a 4.10 Posi rear with disc brakes . Yes he was pushing his luck with stock axles and gears . So it got sold and the money went towards the 9” . He got New wheels , so the 9” is shorter . I had an alum center with 4.10 and spool . 35 spline axles with 5/8 drive studs . Hopefully bullet proof …… for a little while .
I have a 9” in my car with big Ford ends . So he ordered his rear with the same ends , now I’m buying TBM brakes for my car , and put my strange brakes on his car . Hmmmm these kids always getting the “nice” hand me downs

Looks like a series of wise decisions on all those pictured parts. It should last a long time under that car. Excellent finish on the housing. Looks really good.

You know you're going to slow down........right?

If I ever build my 65 Dart I'll use a 9" too.

What wheels are those Tony? I like em.

NICE NEW ROLLERS TOO! Lookin' good!

Nice to see you guys making progress. I like his rearend. Lol 😂

Billet specialties . Rears are 15x12 I think they are 4” backspace . 10.5 x 29.5 bracket radials for now . This is going to be a street car / 10.0 index / pro dial bracket race car . ……. For now 😂

Purdy!

Nice Hinder.
I use the 9" in everything I build for play cars , and have no complaints.
Probably been a half dozen of them and I have yet to hurt one , from milder deals with 31 spline to 35 spline for the quicker cars.
Stock N cases at a minimum , but most got Strange with the 3.25 housing bore.
My first was an HRW case...........USA made back then.
But I don't think they are around anymore.
That was a hunk-o-iron.

Don't mind Cab with the Dana comment. He definitely know his stuff but is old school. That 9 inch is awesome. Just gotta say beat the hell out of it and report back

i couldn't help it !

Nice I may be moving to a 9" soon. Just can't seem to find pro gears in 3.91 or below for a Dana

I can remember when the Chrisman brothers had Jim Dunn and Joe Reath do the initial 9.0 inch rear end R&D on their old rear engine funny car back in the late 1970 and early 1980s, some one at Petersen publishing group heard about that and thought they would make news out of that effort hence all the chatter about the magical Ford nine inch rea end
I look at the 8.0% larger ring gear diameter and the larger tooth to pinion teeth contact as well as the reduce drag on the Dana 60 as well as the 40 spline axles
and lesser costs as my reasons to continue use them
I'm old school I am and I'm not looking to waste my race car budget either A stock dana 60 housing with 3.0, 3 1/8 or the larger H.D. 3.250 diameter axles will take a lot more power than any stock Ford nine housing will take Why spend a $1000.00+ for a good after market 9 inch housing when a stock junk yard Dana 60 will live for you
Dana 60 live long and go faster

Monte Smith always said that eventually you get to the point where you start bending housings...with a Dana, there's nothing you can do to stop it.
This is less likely to happen with really narrow housings like on a big tire car (depending on the power level of course). On a small tire car w/ stock style suspension (wide housing), especially on a drag radial, this is more of an issue.
I talked this over w/ him and he advised me to keep an eye on the housing and when (not if) it bends, to bite the bullet and change rears. Keep in mind, he's not talking about a 700 hp bracket car on slicks.
Every part of a race 9" is aftermarket, so the stock 9" strength argument need not apply here.

Looking good Tony!

I am still running a Dana 60 in my Challenger. However, mine is an old 1 ton Dodge Ram axle I cut down and narrowed. They have thicker wall tubes. If I remember correctly they are 3/8" or 1/2" wall thickness. Also added ultra light weight spool, 40 spine gun drilled axles with 5/8" studs. Billet custom made caps and girdle support rear cover as well as additional structured welded/bracing to housing. Going to be hard to break or bend it.

Funny thing is all of my buddies that run 9" never swap the center sections once a gear ratio is chosen, so the simplicity of just being able to swap center sections never helps.

Looks great,,,,,,,Daddy!

Challengers Dana didn't last long when we started getting it to hook

We all know then Brits can screw up a 50 ton wrecking ball in a sandbox with feather Just kidding
My 2850 Lb. S/P Cuda has hundreds of runs on the used 4:56 Dana brand pickup gears running in the high eights at 148+ MPH
Different folks get different results

Nice upgrade. Probably the majority of modified Mopars over here in Australia have 9" rears.

Dana 60 and 8 3/4" rears and their parts aren't everywhere, and in most cases parts are a special order.

True on both counts . Challenger is over 4000lbs and to be fair, it was a set of street gears that bust.