4 link dana 60 questions

[71cuda1990]

So I know it's been a long time since I was on here, been really busy and sometimes it's hard to find time to do everything you want. But I digress. I'm actually building a truck for drag racing. '93 Ram 1500 dropped 4 linked with an eventual stroked 440 to about 540ish cubes, max wedge heads. Shooting for 800ish HP with a possibility of a 200 shot of nitrous later down the road if I get bored with 800HP:toothy8: My issue is this. I was cutting the Dana 60 rear diff. housing for narrowing and installing the 4 link brackets and while measuring I noticed the pinion is offset about an inch. Now, do I cut more out of one axle tube to center it because I'm building a ground up drivetrain or do I leave it offset? This is probably a dumb question that I should know but this is the first time I've built a vehicle this extensively so.... I'm thinking leave it offset because if I centered it then I would have different length axles. Anyhow like I said probably a dumb question but I want to make sure. Thanks.

 

[75DartSE]

I would leave it offset. That inch will help with driver weight and in some smaller cars space for the driver too. Ours was offset at least that much.

 

[71cuda1990]

Ya that's what I was thinking. I know some drivetrains were built offset to counter the weight of the driver. I'll leave it offset.

 

[mischiefdart]

Check to see how much offset the extension housing has at the slip yoke and make it equal to that.

 

[boosted]

I would say it would not matter. You will have to scale the truck anyway to set the 4 link up and the driver weight then will be dialed into the suspension.