Good point, Rusty. And, with all the failures people are sharing on the 'net, how many of those are from cars with conversions to BB/RB/Hemis, that probably shouldn't have been subjected to that to begin with? The 8.75 was designed primarily for use with the LA motors, am I right?
8.75 was around before the LA family took shape. They had been seeing plenty of big block abuse and otherwise quite tremendously torquey motors even before that, including 1st Gen Hemis. The 8 3/4 rear end was first put into service in 1957.
