What does everybody use for a rear end?

What does everybody use for a rear in their hot rod? Its goin to be behind a 350 with a little build up.
Its goin under a 32 chevy frame.
Its a bare frame right now and i plan on kicking it up in the rear and in the front.
Would a s10 rear end be good( because i have one laying around)
Do you guys run 4 links or leaf springs with a kicked up rear?
Let me know whatcha guys got. Thanks Nate

 

what body are you using?

My modified will have a shitty 7 1/2 mustang rear. with a 305/350. Only reason im using this rear, cause its perfectly wide to fit my body...


Hell i have 2 10 bolts and a nice 12 bolt laying in the back. Why should i blow a good rear-end on something cheep and ratty?

 

Some muscle, a little skin, and a lot of fat, mostly...

I got a ford 8.8 in mine...

 

Ford 7.5 out of a Ranger. It sucks, don't use one. It has an offset pinion. I'd much rather have had a Mustang 8.8 or an Explorer 8.8 with a centered pinion.

uses 5 x 4½¼ bolt pattern.


Conversley speaking, the Jeep uses a Dana 35 with an optional dana 44 in some Cherokees. The 35 would be about as strong as a 7.5" but with way more aftermarket support thanks to the off-road crowd.

you should also consider a 9" or an 8" Ford rear end.

 

Anyone know any rears that have the old Ford bolt pattern so I don't have to run adapters on my '36 wires?

 

'36's didn't have wires they had wide five pattern wheels. If you mean the '35 wires I don't think you can run them on any later model rear because of the offset the lug surface has. Ford 1/2 ton truck 9" rears have the same 5 1/2" bolt pattern and will fit the early ford disc wheels but need about a 1" spacer to mount a wire wheel.

 

I have been happy with the 8" Granada rear end. Very easy to find and a good width.

 

Ford 8" with triangulated ladder bar/wishbones.I angled them in toward the front to let the body roll.

 

I've used the puny 7.5" Chevy S-10's and GM "G" body axles behind hotrod 406sbc's with 4 speeds and used 8" mavericks in shuboxes with strong 355 sbc's and never, ever broke one.
So, now I'm using a huge 57-64 Pont/Olds rear end in my featherweight Willys Jeep project...gears and posi's are available for them and the 5" bolt pattern wheels are plentiful.

 

I'm running an 8" in the Fairlane.
They take a LOT of abuse. From what I understand, with an 8", you are good to go up to 300 hp. (correct me if I'm wrong).

I would imagine that an s-10 rear end would work fine as long as you weren't hammering on it.

For my T pickup, I plan on running an 8" Ford out of a Mustang. If that doesn't work out, I have a 7.5 Ranger rear on hand.....We'll see.

For the guy with the 7.5 Ranger rear, could you elaborate a bit more on what engine, hp, etc. etc. you are running. Why exactly did you say it sucked? I know they are weaker than an 8 or 9, and parts are harder to come by.....but....what problems are you having?

VT.

 

im buildin a dana 60 for mine ,,35 spline mosar axles,detroit,explorer disc.

 

I normally use the 9" Ford. Around here you can find them from FREE to about $100.00. I never worried about width because of Back Spacing, I can make any of em look good. This time I lucked out and a fella pulled his stock 40 Dodge rear out to put in a 9" so I'm using the 40 Dodge in this one.

 

I have a 9" ford in my 54 chevy......

 

I have a stack of Ford 8" and 9" rears behind the shop with a bunch of traction loc differentials under the bench in both 8-9" Life is good!

 

I'm running a 9" in my '57 Ford (since it came factory). 3.50 with a TSD differential I got from Currie. DO NOT use this differential, it cost me 1000 bucks fo the whole 3rd member and less than a year later it's worn out. If you use a 9 inch, forget a Trac-loc. Splurge for a Detroit Locker and it'll be well worth it. 28 or 31 Spline axles don't matter so much unless you're making over 400 hp.

 

The Ford 8.8 is plentiful, and the internals are almost a dead-ringer for the 12-bolt Chevy. Lots of aftermarket support, thanks to Mustang guys.

Mopar 8 3/4 rear end is an excellent option. From the factory, stronger than the 9-inch (except for the "741" differential case). They ALL had 30 spline axles. The cone-type posi isn't rebuildable, but new ones are readily available. I just found out Randy's Ring & Pinion offers a rebuildable style for the 8 3/4, and am getting one. I'm putting it in my '57 Chevy wagon. The housings can be found under everything Mopar, from trucks to vans to New Yorkers to station wagons to their performance cars (though you aren't likely to find a '70 Cuda in the junk yard!)
The 8 3/4 will outlive a moderatly-built 9-inch. When the 9-inch gets built to take more power, then skip it and build a Dana 60. The Dana 60 is the indestructable 800 pound gorilla of rear ends. And a fully built Dana 60 is expensive, but still cheaper than a fully built 9-inch. And it'll handle more power.
-Brad

 

Ford 8" out of a 65' Fairlane. Actually, my 65' Fairlane that some bastard ran into when it was parked in front of my damn house. That crap pissed me off. I should have beat his ass! Not that Im bitter.

I mean, yeah Ford 8"

 

I use this for my rear end:

 

mustang rear ,8" i think, or is it 8.8? who cares.
home brew triangulated four bar and brackets.
took ages to work out what bushes and tube sizes to get it all to work,that information is available , but i put a price on it
good thing is,it only cost a couple of hundred all up.
whether it works or not... is another question

 

i've got a 9" in my 54 ford customline... came a lincoln cont. like a 76 or something like that. with disc brakes.

my 57 wagons got an 8. and my 31 pu has a 49 ford dana 44.

 

im running a 1964 jaguar xke rear in my 30 A pickup to give me a deaper bed with less of a z in the rear rails. it also looks really cool.

 

I'm running a '57 Chebbie with posi and 4:88's. I know everyone says they are weak, but I've had no problems.

Something close to 3:73 gears would be more appropriate for highway and daily driving though.

-slacker

 

I had a ratty 76 Mark 4 laying in the yard so I pulled the 9inch with disc brakes to stuff in my 47 lincoln zphyer sedan.

 

10 bolt (8.5") posi out of a 78 Z-28 Camaro in my 51 Chevy Coupe.



The S-10 (7.5") may be kinda weak (maybe ok if you have an automatic and a light car).

Beware of the Dana 35 out a Jeep unless you like breaking axle shafts .

 

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For the guy with the 7.5 Ranger rear, could you elaborate a bit more on what engine, hp, etc. etc. you are running. Why exactly did you say it sucked? I know they are weaker than an 8 or 9, and parts are harder to come by.....but....what problems are you having?

VT.

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The 7.5 has lots of points against it.

1, weaker than a 8.8" yet almost the same dimensionally.
2, the Ranger/Bronco2 7.5 has an offset pinion. Not a big deal really but makes for a really weird tranny mount if you are incorporating it into a cross-member.
3, very little aftermarket support. Most Mustang guys swap in the 8.8" thus there is a huge aftermarket for it.

I also run 35" tires in my off-road rig, I've beat the hell out of the 8.8" and it is strong. I've seen stockers with the 7.5" grenade the cage on many, many occasions off-road in Rangers/Bronco2s and I've seen virtually stock Mustangs grenade 7.5"s at the track on many occasions.

I don't drive my C-dan hard and I've got a 4 popper in it but as soon as I go v8 power, I can assure you the 7.5" wont last very long.

some FYIs':

7.5" diff can be found in fox body Fords.
the 8.8 was introduced into the v8 Mustang in 1986 and 4.0l Rangers/Aerostars.

All Exploreres have the 8.8.

the pinion is offset in all ranger/Aerostar/ Bronco2
axles regardless of size.

Bolt pattern in all ranger/aerostar/bronco2/explorer/1995-present mustang is 5 x4½.

All Fox body cars from 1979 use the 4 x 4½ bolt pattern.

*fox body;
1978+ Zephyer/Fairmont
1979-1993 mustang modified platform 1994-2004
1980-1989 thunderbird/cougar
1984 +"baby" LTD/lincoln Mk VI LSC

Turbo coupe t-birds and SVO mustangs got the 5 bolt axle, 91+ t-bird super coupes had a complicated and weak IRS.

 

57 Chevy

 

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I use this for my rear end:



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This is one place where I would Definately suggest NEW! Rebuilding would be a Pretty Shitty Job.

 

´65 10-bolt from Chevelle in my ´53, ´77 Caprice Sedan 10-bolt in my T with 14" kickup, pro-stock style 4-link and Model A leaf (panhard-bar missing in the picture) and ´66 Nova 10-bolt in my AV8...

Yes, I know, it´s not period-perfect...

 

Im going to try and run a Ford 7.5 in the 33. I got it dirt cheap with tall gears and a limited slip, but if I had to buy one, it would be a Ford 8", 9" or Mopar 8.75. C-clips suck, but I like to race around corners, not straight lines.

 

I have a late 60's Bronco 9 inch Ford under the 32 Roadster Strange Engineering aluminum center section and a Detroit Locker, with 3.50 FOMOCO OEM gears. Daytona aluminum pinion support and a Empire billet yoke It's the ONLY billet on the car.........


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