thejohnnyguy
Young Gun
Let's play a game, name that rear! who can tell me what rear end this is? (please)
lOOk at my rear!
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I believe its 8 1/4
rampage340
Well-Known Member
looks like a 7 1/4 a body duster
thejohnnyguy
Young Gun
It was pulled from a 73 Dart Swinger if that helps... :/
1 Bad Duster
Pro Street Duster
I'm going with the 7 1/4 also..
ryansiki
Well-Known Member
7 1/4?
thejohnnyguy
Young Gun
I dunno, i'm asking you guys...
I only ask because I can't find it on google... and I dont know how to tell the difference
Moepar
Well-Known Member
I'm going with 7 1/4
My bad, Im wrong..... 7 1/4 has 9 bolts, 8 1/4 has 10
thejohnnyguy
Young Gun
will the 7 1/4 hold up well? I know the 8 3/4 is ideal but is the 7 1/4 a decent rear end?
herschel
Well-Known Member
Its a 7 1/4 , 8 1/4s have a round inspection cover.
hypermite
Well-Known Member
It's ok for a slant 6, or stock 318, anything more than that & it will start disassembling itself.
805moparkid
Slant and AFX Guy
see chart
thejohnnyguy
Young Gun
So I guess my next step is to find another rear before this one blows up... since this 318 is definitely not stock... I'll have to keep my eyes out for a good deal.
herschel
Well-Known Member
Not if you like to do burnouts with good tires, Use it till it breaks then replace with a better rear end.
yellow68runner
Banned
my 7 1/4 lasted 4 days with mild abuse with a 318 4 speed :snakeman::snakeman::snakeman::snakeman:
Yep, 7 1/4 rears are only good for 2 things.
Holding up the rear of a car.
Massive grenanding under power..just tell them you just blew up
another Dana 60.
Holding up the rear of a car.
Massive grenanding under power..just tell them you just blew up
another Dana 60.
Raleigh Rocket
Shake 'n' Bake!
7 1/4. They're not too bad for normal driving. Not even that bad for burnouts. They become a problem when the burnout stops and you suddenly catch tracion. Kiss those spider gears goodbye! It just happened to me.
The good side is, if you can consider it good, is that A: they're stupid cheap to fix and B: you'll get LOTS of practice replacing the rear end.
Charlie_S is a kickass slant 6 racer and he let me in on a little secret. I'm probably gonna get beat up for even suggesting this, but a Ford 8inch rear is a lot stronger and will bolt right up with no mods other than afro-engineering a hybrid U-joint. They're readily available and CHEAP because the disg-ustang crowd throws them out in favor of the 9inch (like we scrap anything in favor of an 8 3/4) and many come with posi. Luckily I scored a SG 8 1/4 for free so I didn't have to sell my soul to the Ford devil.
The good side is, if you can consider it good, is that A: they're stupid cheap to fix and B: you'll get LOTS of practice replacing the rear end.
Charlie_S is a kickass slant 6 racer and he let me in on a little secret. I'm probably gonna get beat up for even suggesting this, but a Ford 8inch rear is a lot stronger and will bolt right up with no mods other than afro-engineering a hybrid U-joint. They're readily available and CHEAP because the disg-ustang crowd throws them out in favor of the 9inch (like we scrap anything in favor of an 8 3/4) and many come with posi. Luckily I scored a SG 8 1/4 for free so I didn't have to sell my soul to the Ford devil.
thejohnnyguy
Young Gun
Really? All of the dimensions are the same?
Raleigh Rocket
Shake 'n' Bake!
I never had to test it myself, but apparently even the e-brake hooks up with no modification. This comes from a few guys who know exactly what they're talking about and who've done it themselves. Same springs, shocks, everything. The Ford 8 inch even has the 5 x 4.5 (big) bolt pattern.
Don't take it from me, PM Charlie_S. He's a heavy hitter on the /6 boards.
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