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A radial is hooked, or it's not. There is no in between regardless of the track.

As far as what street/strip car will bend a housing.........you would be surprised. MOST housings under even moderately powered cars are bent now.

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Last I checked there are no "free" a body danas around. But by all means if any Mopar purist wants to give me a a-body Dana 60 for free I will gladly take it. Lol I would need to figure out how to brace it or I would just bend it. I keep bending the axle in the car.

At my power level I would need all aftermarket parts in a Dana so why not go with a lighter rear and make my car faster? Isn't this what we are looking for? To maximize the performance of our cars. I run 10 inch rims with a 275/60 radial and leaf springs so my axle is 46 inches wide. I have torn off leaf spring mounts also and have them boxed in now.

My car is also street legal and is driven on the street, exactly as it is driven on the track.

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This is the info I'm looking for.

Can I ask what is in your rear to make things work!

I mean housing, what kind, where you got it and centre section.
Thx Matt

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I still have a 8 3/4 rear in my car. I have put it on the jig twice now to straighten it out, I am sure it needs to be done again. I have mark Williams caps on a factory 489 case. I run a light weight moser 35 spline spool and moser gun drilled and star flanged axles. I have a billet mark Williams 1350 yoke on it. It currently has us gears in it. I have broken gears, sheared all the ring gear bolts off, bent the axle, but all of that has been over the 15 yrs I have raced my car. I need to put a nine inch in my car, but I keep spending money else where, like fixing the damage from the wheelie. Someday it will have a moser chromoly nine housing with aluminum center section in it, and I won't have to say a prayer every time I hit the burnout box asking for just one more pass!

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Bad move in my opinion, but maybe it will work out for him.............Pro gears are fine on the street by the way.........LOL!!! That's what every other big tire car on Drag Week uses. Haven't heard of anyone eating a gear yet
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Actually questioned Pro gear users on Drag Week, and were told they eat them up on a regular basis, like one set every 2500 miles! If you know of guys doing better I'd love to know how they are setting them up, and what lube they are running.

Below pic is of Larry swapping gears on Drag Week 2012 in Memphis.

BTW, I would've chosen a nine for this build, but his thinking was that he was determined to use a street gear, and the 60 has the largest ring gear, so it will take more abuse, we will see how it works out.

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Bad move in my opinion, but maybe it will work out for him.............Pro gears are fine on the street by the way.........LOL!!! That's what every other big tire car on Drag Week uses. Haven't heard of anyone eating a gear yet
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Actually questioned Pro gear users on Drag Week, and were told they eat them up on a regular basis, like one set every 2500 miles! If you know of guys doing better I'd love to know how they are setting them up, and what lube they are running.

Below pic is of Larry swapping gears on Drag Week 2012 in Memphis.

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I remember Larry changing out that rear.. if I recall
that was the only time he did change gears(when I
was just talking with him later during clean up)

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Bad move in my opinion, but maybe it will work out for him.............Pro gears are fine on the street by the way.........LOL!!! That's what every other big tire car on Drag Week uses. Haven't heard of anyone eating a gear yet
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Actually questioned Pro gear users on Drag Week, and were told they eat them up on a regular basis, like one set every 2500 miles! If you know of guys doing better I'd love to know how they are setting them up, and what lube they are running.

Below pic is of Larry swapping gears on Drag Week 2012 in Memphis.

BTW, I would've chosen a nine for this build, but his thinking was that he was determined to use a street gear, and the 60 has the largest ring gear, so it will take more abuse, we will see how it works out.

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Bad move in my opinion, but maybe it will work out for him.............Pro gears are fine on the street by the way.........LOL!!! That's what every other big tire car on Drag Week uses. Haven't heard of anyone eating a gear yet
Monte

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Actually questioned Pro gear users on Drag Week, and were told they eat them up on a regular basis, like one set every 2500 miles! If you know of guys doing better I'd love to know how they are setting them up, and what lube they are running.

Below pic is of Larry swapping gears on Drag Week 2012 in Memphis.

BTW, I would've chosen a nine for this build, but his thinking was that he was determined to use a street gear, and the 60 has the largest ring gear, so it will take more abuse, we will see how it works out.

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I know the guys in the Vette have never hurt a gear in it or the 55. Larry told me that gear he broke had been in the car for years. Lutz says he doesn't hurt gears........so who knows.

Me personally, I would sacrifice the occasional gear set for the use of the Ford rear. I just think the Dana housing, although this one will be short, is a very poor choice for THAT type car. You just CAN'T brace the housing and though short, that car WILL bend it. I don't care what you do to it out past the brackets, your gonna bend it

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Thats why the brace I make goes right to the bearing..
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Dana 60 all the way for your car Brad. What gear are you going to run? Only question if it was me would be Trac Loc or TrueTrac.

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Last I checked there are no "free" a body danas around. But by all means if any Mopar purist wants to give me a a-body Dana 60 for free I will gladly take it. Lol I would need to figure out how to brace it or I would just bend it. I keep bending the axle in the car.

At my power level I would need all aftermarket parts in a Dana so why not go with a lighter rear and make my car faster? Isn't this what we are looking for? To maximize the performance of our cars. I run 10 inch rims with a 275/60 radial and leaf springs so my axle is 46 inches wide. I have torn off leaf spring mounts also and have them boxed in now.

My car is also street legal and is driven on the street, exactly as it is driven on the track.

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This is the info I'm looking for.

Can I ask what is in your rear to make things work!

I mean housing, what kind, where you got it and centre section.
Thx Matt

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I still have a 8 3/4 rear in my car. I have put it on the jig twice now to straighten it out, I am sure it needs to be done again. I have mark Williams caps on a factory 489 case. I run a light weight moser 35 spline spool and moser gun drilled and star flanged axles. I have a billet mark Williams 1350 yoke on it. It currently has us gears in it. I have broken gears, sheared all the ring gear bolts off, bent the axle, but all of that has been over the 15 yrs I have raced my car. I need to put a nine inch in my car, but I keep spending money else where, like fixing the damage from the wheelie. Someday it will have a moser chromoly nine housing with aluminum center section in it, and I won't have to say a prayer every time I hit the burnout box asking for just one more pass!

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Moser site is only showing a 9 rear with chromoly tubes with the floating ends.
Is this the one?
If so is seems a little over kill or I'm I wrong?
Not trying to
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I still have a 8 3/4 rear in my car. I have put it on the jig twice now to straighten it out, I am sure it needs to be done again. I have mark Williams caps on a factory 489 case. I run a light weight moser 35 spline spool and moser gun drilled and star flanged axles. I have a billet mark Williams 1350 yoke on it. It currently has us gears in it. I have broken gears, sheared all the ring gear bolts off, bent the axle...

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Dana 60 all the way for your car Brad. What gear are you going to run? Only question if it was me would be Trac Loc or TrueTrac.

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Actually considering a Detroit Locker more seriously than a TrueTrac. I'm finding mixed reviews of using a TrueTrac in drag applications, but I really don't know much else about them. If someone can provide more info on how well a TrueTrac does on the strip, I'm interested.

The specifics for my junk (not covered previously in this thread) are...
- 3750+ # E-body w/ driver
- 727 w/ 4500-flash 9" converter
- Stock-stroke modified 440
- 275/60R15s DOT Drag Radials

The 8.75" I have now has...
- OEM 742 case
- 4.10s (which is the ratio I'd stick with)
- Power-Lok (clutch-type) diff carrier
- MW billet caps
- Cheap back-brace on housing (too narrow to probably do much good)

Street car w/ best pass of 10.52 at 126+ (6.6_ at 102 in 1/8th) w/ a 1.45 60-ft. I know it pulls the wheels 4+" according to friends who watched the car launch, but nobody ever bothered to provide me photographic evidence.

The new engine should make another 40+ HP, so I'm expecting to be in the lower 10s w/ the rest of the combination (converter, gearing, etc.) staying the same.

Strictly from a budget perspective, the Dana 60 appears to be the more affordable.

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Dana 60 all the way for your car Brad. What gear are you going to run? Only question if it was me would be Trac Loc or TrueTrac.

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Actually considering at a Detroit Locker more seriously than a TrueTrac. I'm finding mixed reviews of using a TrueTrac in drag applications, but I really don't know much else about them.

The specifics for my junk (not covered previously in this thread) are...
- 3750+ # E-body w/ driver
- 727 w/ 4500-flash 9" converter
- Stock-stroke modified 440
- 275/60R15s DOT Drag Radials

The 8.75" I have now has...
- OEM 742 case
- 4.10s (which is the ratio I'd stick with)
- Power-Lok (clutch-type) diff carrier
- MW billet caps
- Cheap back-brace on housing (too narrow to probably do much good)

Street car w/ best pass of 10.52 at 126+ (6.6_ at 102 in 1/8th) w/ a 1.45 60-ft. I know it pulls the wheels 4+" according to friends who watched the car launch, but nobody ever bothered to provide me photographic evidence.

The new engine should make another 40+ HP, so I'm expecting to be in the lower 10s w/ the rest of the combination (converter, gearing, etc.) staying the same.

Strictly from a budget perspective, the Dana 60 appears to be the more affordable.

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