We did one. Paid $65 for one out of a Dodge ton truck. Member farmboy cut the ends off of a spare 8 3/4 we had lying around, chucked them in the lathe. I had a local chassis shop weld them on and setup some factory 3.54 gears.
All told with new Dr. Diff axles and spool, I had ~$900 in it.
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
