Quote: To be honest, I built a Dana 60 for my car back when it was a stickshift and I kept breaking 8-3/4 parts. I chose the Dana because I felt I could build it for cheap, and because I knew they came with pretty beefy factory posi units which I wanted to keep for a street car.
Thinking back though now that my car has become more "race oriented", a 9" seems like the way to go...Dropout third member, spool, good axles, and ring and pinion and your set...backbrace if you want to. Sometimes it just makes sense to use what is popular because, well, it is usually popular for a reason
That said, why the heck are people arguing about what was put in trucks for strength? Trucks don't care about weight when building for HD, but race cars do! With that logic, we should all have the corporate GM 14 bolts in our race cars
Different strokes for different folks
The reason, and I don't know how this EVER got started, is that there is a HUGE contingent of people out there, who think that ANY part that is not a mopar part, makes your car LESS of a Mopar for some reason. Every time these type threads come up, the "haters" come out. We get the "I would NEVER put a Ford under my car"............."I would NEVER put a glide in my car"............"I would NEVER use a one wire alt"........."I would NEVER run a cowl hood" and a long list of other things they would NEVER do. And it seems if you don't agree with that mentality, that not only makes your car "less" of a Mopar, but also labels you as not a REAL mopar guy.............
Aftermarket parts, that make your car BETTER, are aftermarket parts.........who gives a damn who made or designed them. Some guys that preach the above "NEVERS" have mono-leafs and Cal-Traks. Whats up with that. I don't recall seeing a factory Mopar with that setup, but for some reason that's fine. And the list of that type stuff goes on and on. I mean we have aftermarket K-members, SB-2......er I mean P-5 cylinder head motors, rack and pinion steering, coil overs, ladder bars and a myriad of normal type HOT ROD mods and that's all good, but heaven forbid you choose not to run the mighty DANA and 727 in your hot rod. And if you choose to not only use but praise the benefits of other brand parts........that REALLY puts you on the outside..............LOL!!!
Monte
I agree with you Monte! The Mopar purist thing really annoys the hell outta me...I remember when I first put the cowl hood on my scamp, a few of the mopar guys I knew at a local cruise in that I showed up to here and there looked at me and said "You like that hood, eh?"...I just "unmopared" my Mopar in their eyes! Of course I replied that I LOVED it, which they found confusing
I went with the D-60 because at the time I was under the impression and belief that the Dana was stronger, so was its factory posi, and I was actually able to build it cheap like I had planned. Little did I know down the road that I would become addicted to racing (just like my dad said! LOL) and that weight would matter and one day I might be putting a spool in, which makes the dana vs 9" debate moot to me now.
Happy with what I have as it has not given me one single problem since putting it in the car, and it shouldn't either for the next little while...One day though I might have to make a switch to something that just works better or lasts, and whether or not that is a "mopar" part means sweet F-all to me LOL
