the right choice of rear axles

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Andrezinho

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Hi guys ,
I would like your opinion to find the best compromise for the choice of the rear axle. As I live in Belgium the first idea, it is to buy a rear axle of Jeep "Dana44" and to do all the work of adaptation.
I think buying a bridge from your house in the USA will cost me a lot. I have to do the accounts.
what's your favorite choice for receiving power and torque from the 440 engine in your Dodge?
I would not change the position of the rear suspension springs, and not the fuel tank either.
thank you for your help and excuse me for my english.
Andrea
 
Your English is just fine. Do you bring up the D44 because that's what you have available? DO you have anything over there with a Ford 9" under it? The D44 will "work" but as that 440 increases in power......well.....the results might not be good.
 
with the Ford 9 '' axles do I have to move the fuel tank?
there are several models of Ford 9 ''?
is there a year or car that uses the best version?
 
in Belgium it's really not easy for lovers of American cars.
When I decide to mount the 440 in my Dodge, I buy an Imperial from 1976, I regret having given the rear axles with the car, my wife was not happy to see the car in front of our house.
 
I'm not sure what you may have available over there, but my thoughts in this case would lean to an 8.8" Ford Explorer (or whatever they may be called there) rear- easy to narrow to the correct width and should handle a mild 440 just fine...? Lots of threads on here about getting them to fit "on the cheap".
 
What about Dana 60’s ? Do you have the ability to shorten a truck Dana?
I have to check.
I see a lot of the new Dodge Rams, a lot with the 360 engine, can that be a good choice?
I imagine that in terms of solidity the Ford 9 '' remains the reference.
 
These Mopars
are getting very hard to find. Wives are much easier. I’ve had 4. Wives that is.
I did not understand your written sentence, but thanks to google translation, I had a good laugh.
it's been 4 consecutive weeks that I haven't touched my Dart, because for the moment I'm building a garden shed for my wife's flowers.
 
I'm not sure what you may have available over there, but my thoughts in this case would lean to an 8.8" Ford Explorer (or whatever they may be called there) rear- easy to narrow to the correct width and should handle a mild 440 just fine...? Lots of threads on here about getting them to fit "on the cheap".
why is this model easier to shrink?
 
Yup I think your wife has you right where she wants you.
I also think. But I can not forget that it was she who pushed me to buy the Dart and live my dream. she suffers from multiple sclerosis, and has just finished her treatment against breast cancer.
so I do it with pleasure, but I miss the dodge ...
 
an example, how much does a Ford 9'' in good condition all transformed to mount on a Dart in the USA?
 
By the way...

What do you have available in your area in regards to wrecking yards or "cheap" used cars?

You might be able to find something from other manufacturers that you could adapt. Jaguar independent rear?
 
with the Ford 9 '' axles do I have to move the fuel tank?
there are several models of Ford 9 ''?
is there a year or car that uses the best version?

I don't see why you would. I'm putting one in my 64 Valiant and moving nothing.
 
an example, how much does a Ford 9'' in good condition all transformed to mount on a Dart in the USA?

It's all dependent on how much of the work you can do yourself. If you can assemble everything from an empty housing you can save quite a bit, regardless if which housing you use.
 
By the way...

What do you have available in your area in regards to wrecking yards or "cheap" used cars?

You might be able to find something from other manufacturers that you could adapt. Jaguar independent rear?
with anti-pollution laws, dealers in used parts become rare.
the idea of an independent suspension from jaguar is interesting, but I want to keep an original look.
I will try to find a Ford 9 '' rear axle
 
then you have nothing to change. are you happy with the result?

I haven't done it yet, but I can already tell you, yes I will be. "Then you have nothing to change" really isn't true. You didn't ask about the drive shaft, which I will have to change. But that's no big deal.
 
with anti-pollution laws, dealers in used parts become rare.
the idea of an independent suspension from jaguar is interesting, but I want to keep an original look.
I will try to find a Ford 9 '' rear axle

Now keep in mind that you will have to narrow the 9" housing to fit. It's not a bolt in. I only recommended it because as over here, I am pretty sure "over there" they will be plentiful and that usually equates to cheap.
 
It's all dependent on how much of the work you can do yourself. If you can assemble everything from an empty housing you can save quite a bit, regardless if which housing you use.
yes the workforce is always very expensive. Belgian is very expensive. Fortunately I'm from the profession, it helps a lot.
 
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