I want to use for my pickup a 1998 camaro rear axle but now some people are telling me this wont fit now i see This person is using a 1987 caprice ch***is copmplete with rear end so can anybody tell me the different size between 1987 caprice and a 1998 camaro rear end http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2203245
Caprices have big wheelwells and could eat 2" of difference per side without anyone noticing. They would've had to weld upper trailing arm mounts onto the pumpkin at a minimum. They also could have a V6 caprice with the light duty 7.5 rearend, and filled it with 97 camaro internals for a cheap way to get low gears and a posi.
http://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm Go here and check out the tech pages, lists most rears for these trucks. Gen 2 camaros, 72-81 will fit also
Man, looks like that '87 Caprice ch***is fit under the old girl pretty well. I'd never have guessed. I seem to remember someone around here running a late 90's Comaro or Firebird rear end in an AD.
Gives me ideas what to do with my dad's Caprice when he finally retires it, if there is anything left of the frame (there's not a lot left of the body anymore). Except that I once had a '79 LeSabre, which is more or less the same frame, cut down to the floors - and that thing would bend like nothing, you could stand on the back and see the frame bend. Under a pickup? You'd have to box it with 1/4" plate at the least.
i realy hope someone can tell me that he has done the camaro rear end under a chevy 3100 or somphing like that...
That's not a popular swap rearend in the states. Sort of light duty and has a big torque arm mount cast into the centersection.
Guys, the 1998 camaro rear end uses a torque arm style set up, 2 lower control arms, panhard bar and the torque arm. Why bother. Wouldn't you want something with leaf springs for a truck? Caprice has coils. Why not go for an explorer rear end or something from a 2wheel drive pick up.
i'm just intrestred in the fact that the rear end has disc brakes the rest i would cut of with a grindler so i can still use leafe springs..
There are no German cars with live axles and 4 wheel discs? I'd think that would be cheaper and easier to get over there (and cheaper and easier to get service parts, like brake pads and such). Like a Mercedes light truck or something? Just my $.02...
Thanx for your reply but i'm a dutchman (netherlands) and not a german .. and it would be a cold day in helll before i would ever!!!! put any european car part on my good old chevy... and in holland i can get almost every part i want for good old american car... you dont have to live in usa to ride a american car we have enough in holland For all the hillbillys!! Netherlands is the country from wooden shoes, cheese, windmills and afcorse Softdrugs like Marihuna, Cannabis And afcorse we have many many us-cars..
ck out stovebolt.com as said before.site is full of info on these ol truck.nuthin else crawl under it and measure.if its a little to long run a wheel with a little more backspace.theres always a solution to any problem.good luck with it,from this "hill billy"............................dave
Don't go getting all frowny about being called german when your profile location is Germany. We're not psychic
sorry man..! and dave.. thanx for the good advise i would try to find a tread in stovebolt Greetz Bigtumtum
You really don't need disk brakes on the rear. I've got a 58 Apache and I'm runnin' a 1979 Blazer rearend with drums, which I rebuilt. Works fine. There are several companies that sell disk brake conversion kits, which are simple to put on. Check out: Cl***ic Parts (formerly Chevy Duty) http://www.cl***icparts.com/ And Cl***ic Performance Parts http://www.cl***icperform.com/ I put a disk brake conversion on the front end of my truck with the stock beam axle and it works great. Also put on a dual circuit master cylinder.
"do you mean inside my truck of inside a caprice..??" Using the original truck frame, the 62" wide rear end will fit nicely. I am using s slightly narrower 1987 Firebird disc rear end under my '54 Chevy truck. I also used the rear sway bar. I am planning on updating the rear end to a slightly wider '97 Trans-Am disc rear end, just to gain some room between the bed sides and the tires. I think the '987 bird rear is 62", too. r
Thanx Raven61 !! i realy like the idea of disc allround... can you give me some more info about our 1954 truck.. Gteetz Bigtumtum
On my ’53 3100, I have a ’67 Chevrolet (full size) rear axle which is an 8.2 10-bolt 3.08:1, drum brakes, Chevy 15x7 Rally wheels, and 235-70 tires. Everything fits perfectly. Any year Camaro or Nova rear axle housing would not be wide enough, or you would have to play with wheel back spacing to fit the tires into the fenders. You don’t need disc brakes on the rear. The rear of that truck is so light that not much braking is done by the rear. You don’t need 11” drums either. My 8.2 10-bolt is o.k. for the same reason – light vehicle. Engine is GM HO-350 ZZ1 with Muncie M-20 (2.20 low, wide ratio).
yes i know i dont need discs but it would be easier when i need to swap out parts also i think it gives a cleaner look... do you maybe have a picture of the bodem of your truck??
Nice ***, Owen. Where in SE MI are you? I'm in the vacinity and love these trucks. TumTum, if you want disc, go ahead. I'm going to do the same and I've got a similar Camaro rear end. It will fit. There is a ton of room under the fenders on those trucks so you won't have an issue. Where in NL are you? I work for Bosal, based in Lummen, Belgium but started in Alkmaar, NL and get over a few times each year. Do you live in Germany looking at your location? Nice truck, by the way.
Hey danimal, thanx for your reply i realy want discs because i think its cleaner and easer to fix... and i realy wanted camaro 1998 axle because i can buy one from a wreckyard that car only have 23.000km driving (36800miles) i used too live in the near from utrecht (holland) now i live for 9months in hattersheim (germany)
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