all tese stories have me nervous taking my 8.75 to the track not running that much power only 520 hp 560 torque at the crank in a 3150 lb car people tell me if my tires hook the dif will break , guess the Dana is the only way to go for reliability . like you say py me now or pay more later . maybe i'll sell my 2 8.75 A body difs and have enough for the Dana .
interesting thread Probably the best bang for the buck out there is the ford explorer (2000- 2006?) 8.8 rear. You can usually buy one from a junkyard for 100.00 to 300.00 . They usually have 4.10 gears with a somewhat decent posi unit, and factory disc brakes. My son bought one from a junkyard for 150.00. We put new perches on it, bolted it in and ran it......Stock axles and all, even left the junkyard fluid in it ! ! ! It literally has hundreds of passes on it , 11.50's to 10.90s in a 3200lb duster. Cant get much better than that. THen when you upgrade your power its not that big a deal to upgrade the 8.8 and there are a ton of aftermarket good parts for it, and its light and strong enough to handle 7 second HP. Friend of mine put one of these 8.8" Explorer rearends under a Chevy S-10 Blazer that ran mid 5s in the 1/8 w/ a 496" BB Chevy on nitrous. Still had all the stock internals as far as I know. Never hurt it in several years of racing before he sold it.
CHIP
'70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60
'69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60
'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
'73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75
'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
'06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
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