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| Author: | realgone58 [ Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Rear gears in F body |
I think my '80 Aspen has a 2.76 gear ratio, due to a little tag under the lowermost bolt on the rear, that says "2 7". Would y'all assume this is correct? Couple of questions. Can I install better gears in the existing rear? Is it possible to install sure-grip gears? Or is it best to install an entire rear axle? Never fooled with rear ends before, so I'm not too knowledgable about it. Thanks. |
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| Author: | Doctor Dodge [ Sat Dec 20, 2003 10:12 am ] |
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It would be best if you located a complete rearend assembly with a lower gear ratio and swap the complete axle assy. You could swap the gears and install a new limited slip unit but to have all that work done by a shop would run $$$ ($600 to 800.00 is my guess) |
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| Author: | steponmebbbboom [ Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:15 am ] |
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Hey, say we wanted to do it ourselves, what would be involved? Do any modifications have to be made to the case to accept a suregrip unit, if one ever found one for a 7&1/4"? Can the crown & pinion be just swapped and the preload set, if it's a different ratio? Can it be done on the car without too much trouble? I know setting backlash is pretty finicky, but if I can do it on the car without the work of r+r'ing the axle I'd like to. |
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| Author: | realgone58 [ Sat Dec 20, 2003 3:51 pm ] |
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At this point, I'm mostly interested in installing better gears, at least 3:23 in my current 7 and a quarter one wheel peel. Sure grip can come later. I currently produce no where near enough power to tear it up anyway. I just can't stand merging onto the freeway and risk getting killed because a Yugo is faster. Hell, I could'nt spin the one wheel with this thing if it was on ice cubes! Can't beleive that Chrysler actually produced anything this slow. |
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