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I went through this same argument with myself when switching from an 8 3/4.

I ended up with a strange housing, Pro HD center section, 35 splines axles and the strange rear brakes. I felt the 9" is more user friendly for what I wanted to accomplish. With the aluminum center and sheetmetal housing it is probably around 25-30 lbs lighter than an S-60.

Here us what I paid.

Strange sheetmetal housing with ends welded on - $525.00
Strange Pro HD center section with a spool, 4.10 gear, and billet yoke - $1245.00
Strange axles with bearings and 5/8 studs - $515.00
Strange rear Brake kit- $580.00

Total - $2865.00

I was quoted somewhere around $2000 for an S-60 with no brakes and a spool.

So all in all I feel like the price point on both of them is right around the same if you compare apples to apples.

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What is considered to be enough HP to bend the Dana 60 ? Is this equally true for narrowed rears with the ladder bar brackets welded to the center section?
Hard for me to imagine bending this rear with the short and heavy wall truck tubes.

Mark

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Your heavy walls tubes are a help... but the distance
from the ladder bar or 4 link mounts to the end is the
important part.. thats the reason I back brace right
out to the outer bearings

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Never fails, the comparisons ALWAYS go to this kind of ridiculous crap, instead of keeping it relevant to the topic at hand. Lets never let facts get in the way of a good loyalty questioning..........LOL!!!

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I did ask in my first post to keep it to the facts... but I can't control the weather, either.

One of the problems w/ coming up w/ an apples-to-apples comparison is there are so many options for 9" stuff that I don't know what's adequate (or comparable to an S-60) for the application to price it out.

Also, I really have to approach this as buying a new assembly from a vendor, rather than piecing something together on my own. My time constraints just to get an engine back together, etc., are tight enough as it is.

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Trying to figure out what I need with the ford 9

1 a nodular iron centre section.
2 Pinion support.
3 Back braced housing.
I'm I missing anything?

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I have a strange iron nodular housing with big pinion support, Lenco Billet locker 4.10 gears brand new. probably one of the best street/strip set ups around. the Billet locker is over $800 bucks by it's self. I will make you a heck of a deal and maybe work out a trade for you rockers

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This topic is amusing. Similar to the last post on this I am waiting for someone with experience to quote a price on a 9" or 9.5" rear with the back brace, axles, yoke, etc ready to install with a carrier that will live in a high 9-low 10 door car and still be okay on the street. When I talked to Dr. Diff about this he was adamant that the Dana 60 was a better deal due to the stronger/larger power lock internals. If I could find a reputable place to quote me on a Ford 9" it would be a consideration. Instead the guy with the good reputation is telling me different. And don't just tell me to "call a competent fab shop" because I'm not playing that game. That is how I ended up with all of the other junk that doesn't work right.

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Call Currie or Moser and see what price they quote you The last comparision price I saw a long time ago in a magazine about this same debate was a Dana 60 was betwen $300.00 to $1200.00 less than the same equipted Ford nine inch type rear end, that was with no Ford parts in it, all aftermarket H.D or race parts The lastest quote I have heard of for a all out race chrome moly housing fully prep with all the mounts for a drag car was $2500.00 It ended up cracking and leaking after several races from tire shake, they had to have it welded up to repair it As far as all the race cars using nine inch type rear ends that sort of displaces the old adage about not being able to fol all the people all the time, huh I seem to remember the early Olds and Pontiac rear ends being the hot set up for drag rear ends back in the 1960 and early 1970s, before the Chrismans made up all the media hype about the Ford nine inch being so good How about we put this post to bed now I know that won't happen, will it

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Yeah, it's been covered differently on other posts over time, but I'd like to hear specifically WHY people prefer the Dana 60 (or modern replacement) vs. the current Ford-type 9" differential for a stout street/strip application.

Just checked out Strange's web site and they do offer both as bolt-in assemblies for an E-body, but I didn't dig deep enough to start coming up w/ $$$ differences, or whether things like my current 8.75" drum brakes can be swapped directly to a 9" assembly, etc.

I'm not prejudiced against either, since I like the drop-out centersection design of my 8.75", and my ol' A12 Road Runner had the factory-installed Dana 60 backing up its 4-speed. I'm looking for legit stuff, not a bunch of subjective "You wouldn't put a FORD rear under your MOPAR, would ya'?" type comments, or whatever comparable would apply to a Dana.

So, please tell me the pros & cons of each. At some point I know The MoPig is going to need something better than my 8.75", so I might as well start asking now.

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This topic is amusing. Similar to the last post on this I am waiting for someone with experience to quote a price on a 9" or 9.5" rear with the back brace, axles, yoke, etc ready to install with a carrier that will live in a high 9-low 10 door car and still be okay on the street. When I talked to Dr. Diff about this he was adamant that the Dana 60 was a better deal due to the stronger/larger power lock internals. If I could find a reputable place to quote me on a Ford 9" it would be a consideration. Instead the guy with the good reputation is telling me different. And don't just tell me to "call a competent fab shop" because I'm not playing that game. That is how I ended up with all of the other junk that doesn't work right.

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Call Currie or Moser and see what price they quote you The last comparision price I saw a long time ago in a magazine about this same debate was a Dana 60 was betwen $300.00 to $1200.00 less than the same equipted Ford nine inch type rear end, that was with no Ford parts in it, all aftermarket H.D or race parts The lastest quote I have heard of for a all out race chrome moly housing fully prep with all the mounts for a drag car was $2500.00 It ended up cracking and leaking after several races from tire shake, they had to have it welded up to repair it As far as all the race cars using nine inch type rear ends that sort of displaces the old adage about not being able to fol all the people all the time, huh I seem to remember the early Olds and Pontiac rear ends being the hot set up for drag rear ends back in the 1960 and early 1970s, before the Chrismans made up all the media hype about the Ford nine inch being so good How about we put this post to bed now I know that won't happen, will it

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Cab that's the biggest bunch of bull I have ever read on one of these debates.

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I went through this same argument with myself when switching from an 8 3/4.

I ended up with a strange housing, Pro HD center section, 35 splines axles and the strange rear brakes. I felt the 9" is more user friendly for what I wanted to accomplish. With the aluminum center and sheetmetal housing it is probably around 25-30 lbs lighter than an S-60.

Here us what I paid.

Strange sheetmetal housing with ends welded on - $525.00
Strange Pro HD center section with a spool, 4.10 gear, and billet yoke - $1245.00
Strange axles with bearings and 5/8 studs - $515.00
Strange rear Brake kit- $580.00

Total - $2865.00

I was quoted somewhere around $2000 for an S-60 with no brakes and a spool.

So all in all I feel like the price point on both of them is right around the same if you compare apples to apples.

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That wasn't me replying, Cab.

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Sorry, I would have sworn your name was on Quicktrees post , What say you Quicktree, where the bull in my statement?

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Here is the same quote, updated for a street/strip application, which applies to the OP:

Strange sheetmetal housing with ends welded on - $525.00
Strange Pro HD center section with a spool, 4.10 gear, and billet yoke - $1245.00
Upgrade to S-Trac differential $805
Strange axles with bearings and 5/8 studs - $515.00
TOTAL $3090

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