Pete Pete Remner Senior Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
I'd cut BOTH ends of the tubes off, and weld on some Ford 9" style ends, and use 9" style axles, just to get away from having to use C-clips.
One major, major advantage of the Toyota rear. Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
Robert Culbertson Out of this dumpster fire Professional Moderator Join Date: 08/15/2010 Posts: 1,236 |
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tdrrally edward mucklow Godlike Moderator Location: charleston,wv Join Date: 05/31/2011 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 763 Rally Car: ford mustang LX 5.0, 1973 VW Beetle |
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heymagic Banned Junior Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Mo' options ...
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/Explorer8_8.shtml http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/axle_codes.shtml Without getting really involved (ain't my deal at the moment) seems like a lowly Ranger diff, especially in 8.8 could be made to work? 4.10 gears and LS available stock. Even the 7.5 is plenty tough, they live forever with silly kids and oversized tires. Yes/no?? |
Robert Culbertson Out of this dumpster fire Professional Moderator Join Date: 08/15/2010 Posts: 1,236 |
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Pete Pete Remner Senior Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
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Eric Ewert Eric Ewert Mod Moderator Location: Calgary, Ab Join Date: 05/13/2013 Age: Settling Down Posts: 366 Rally Car: volvo 240 |
Well didn't think this would be a popular discussion. I am wrong.
John Vanlandingham Volvo calipers are great. 2x 1.5 pistons , same pad as Portch 911 Front up to '74 so huge array of pads, cheap---on the car....big disc.. No need to fuck with these parts.. .just get over the I dun't wanna hydro handbrake--a whim very hard to understand---and like a lotta other wierd beliefs "Only in (the) America(s)" Just a little CAD work--cardboard aided design---for the braket to mount, transfer cardboard to steel and I honestly don't want one for stage use. I'm not a blues brother... well I got an instrument they would groove on but that's beside the point! I just don't understand hydro ebrakes Every time i've seen someone try and use one they go way slower. At least when i'm in the car. I could go on but I really don't want to stir fires. KEEP THIS ON TOPIC, because it actually seems to be going that way right now. I need something to park with and honestly the ebrake in my volvo works hunkydorie. If I can keep it I will. Now brake adapters.... What about something like this? This is my dads 8n' 3/4 out of a mopar muscle car that he will be adding discs to. Yes it spaces the axles out a bit but he said it isn't an issue for his application. I think he mentioned you can sort it out with end play adjustment. |
heymagic Banned Junior Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Granted but is it a big deal, especially on a gravel based sport? Floor clearance is easy, would there be any significant difference in axle wrap or torque transmission on that length difference? What do the offroad Rangers use in their trucks? Start searching the local circle tracks for old Franklins.... seems like they used to make a kit for 9" Fords back in the day. |
Pete Pete Remner Senior Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
Is it a big deal? I don't know, if it's not then great. It would be a big deal for me because the driveshaft tunnel is cramped and no simple way to fix, but I don't have a Volvo so I don't know the Volvo limitations. It's not a big deal for the Mustang guys who swap them into their cars to get disks and 31 spline axles and thicker axle tubes.
As soon as you start talking circle track parts, then the answer is a floater 9", which I realize is the ultimate solution. You can pick 'em up fairly cheap used, and new is shockingly cheap too (say $850 for everything but calipers and center section). Now the axles don't carry any loads at all, and the hubs are on two big roller bearings instead of one little ball bearing that relies on a press fit, if you're lucky. Any gear ratio you want, any kind of diff you want, and it's all cheap because it's the US standard performance rearend. But now we are, realistically, talking $1500-1800 for a rearend, which is rather straying away from the OP's goal, which was.... wait, what is the goal again? Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
NoCoast Grant Hughes Elite Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
That sounds cheaper than I've ever seen. Grant Hughes |
Ascona73 Bob Legere Infallible Moderator Location: Spofford, NH Join Date: 03/07/2007 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 310 Rally Car: 1971 Opel Ascona |
You guys are forgetting the 2wd Toyota axles are already 5 x 4.5" bolt pattern. I've always used the 2wd axles because they are narrower than the 4wd axles.
Opel is a 4-letter word... http://www.flickr.com/photos/10498579@N07/sets/ Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/12/2014 08:41AM by Ascona73. |
NoCoast Grant Hughes Elite Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
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mellow65 Oliver Klozoff Professional Moderator Location: Oregon Join Date: 09/10/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 480 Rally Car: Nada |
You are correct, yet no one seems to believed me when I tell them you can get a 8" and a 5 lug. Some 2wd V6 trucks came with a 2wd width, 8" 3rd members and 5 lugs. I owned one. "Rally racing makes a heroin addiction look like a vague craving for something salty" |
Ascona73 Bob Legere Infallible Moderator Location: Spofford, NH Join Date: 03/07/2007 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 310 Rally Car: 1971 Opel Ascona |
2wd trucks with 4-speeds were 8" rears. 5-speed trucks were 7.5". I'm talking about '84-'88 with 22r engines. Opel is a 4-letter word... http://www.flickr.com/photos/10498579@N07/sets/ |
mellow65 Oliver Klozoff Professional Moderator Location: Oregon Join Date: 09/10/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 480 Rally Car: Nada |
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