Cost for A Body 8.75 Rear End
My "built" 489 case...
Where there's a will there's a way...lol..
That was about pass # 20...
after that I found a Dana 60 out of a truck for $160 on Craigslist and sold the brakes and parts for 40. I bought $300 green axles from Dr diff and $75 for the end pieces. I bought 125 dollar lightweight spool and $50 bearings. I paid $300 to have the housing cut down and the new ends welded on along with the purtches...
I think I paid another $175 to have the gears all set up after that. Now I was able to put my brakes and everything I had on it or in your case the disc brakes. Now no matter how much horsepower I put at it I have no worries.
Moral of the story I put the same $1,200 into the Dana 60 as I did the in 3/4 489 case... you can add another three or four hundred dollars for a sure grip instead of a spool to that story..
My "built" 489 case...
Where there's a will there's a way...lol..
That was about pass # 20...
after that I found a Dana 60 out of a truck for $160 on Craigslist and sold the brakes and parts for 40. I bought $300 green axles from Dr diff and $75 for the end pieces. I bought 125 dollar lightweight spool and $50 bearings. I paid $300 to have the housing cut down and the new ends welded on along with the purtches...
I think I paid another $175 to have the gears all set up after that. Now I was able to put my brakes and everything I had on it or in your case the disc brakes. Now no matter how much horsepower I put at it I have no worries.
Moral of the story I put the same $1,200 into the Dana 60 as I did the in 3/4 489 case... you can add another three or four hundred dollars for a sure grip instead of a spool to that story..
