8.75 and 8.25 ready to go in (almost)
Both of these look amazing, I am looking into getting a 8.25 for my Dart in the future (once funds and fiance allow) What do you think is the ballpark price for one like yours for either building it yourself or buying it finished? I don't mind drums in the rear but I am also a fan of going to the junkyard and seeing what new stuff can work with my old stuff, especially if it came off a Jeep
I am getting the original A body 8.25 for doing the build and swap of the 8.75, and he bought all the parts.
I don't have to shorten anything but my driveshaft.
Around here you can get 8.25's out of about anything Dodge rear wheel drive for $150 out of the pick a part, but they would normally have to be shortened and new shorter axles.
The Jeep Liberty has a narrower axle than most other jeep or dodge products so correctly backspaced wheels can work on A bodies.
AND they already have the disc brakes and even Sure Grips in some cases.
I already converted the front to BBP disks out with '73 spindles and am looking for BBP in the rear anyway so that would be ideal for me. I am also running steel wheels off a 2006ish Dodge Charger because I THINK that they will work with either an original A-body rear or certain B-body rear's but I wasnt sure how the F-body would compare. Running a 245ish tire is my ultimate goal but it wont kill me to run a skinnier tire if I need to. I just want to avoid having to cut and narrow anything
I moved my mounts and springs inward 1/2 inch and trimmed the inner fender lip back to the trim screws to put 9 inch wide 20's on the back with 245-40 tires.
When I ordered wheels I wanted as much rim and tire both as I could get under there without a major spring relocation.
I now have about 1/2 inch between the springs and tires and about 1 inch to the fender lip.
The wheels are 5 inch backspace and the rims are 9 inches wide.
It's the inner fender housing that limits more than that, but I realize these cars vary also, so we can't take one car's clearances to be the same on others.
Using a plum bob and a tape measure told me everything I needed to know before ordering the wheels.
I believe that the F-body rear is narrower than most B-bodies, but someone else on here can probably correct me on that. I would guess that late model wheels would work well, I'm running something about 4.5" backspace, on a 7" wheel, and I've got at least another inch between the tire and spring perch on the inside, so I could probably run 5" backspace.
See above.:D
