80 442, diff , 8.5" ?

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bigdan

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is a 1980 442 W-30 with a 350 olds engine diff an 8.5" or a puny 7.5" ?

could get one , but car is seized in ice & snow ...cant check ! would pick in spring , if 8.5" :wink:

thanks

Dan
 

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my86442

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bigdan

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bigdan

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st-jean baptiste ,quebec,
my86442 said:
bigdan said:
is a 1980 442 W-30 with a 350 olds engine diff an 8.5" or a puny 7.5" ?

could get one , but car is seized in ice & snow ...cant check ! would pick in spring , if 8.5" :wink:

thanks

Dan
this may help, I googled it 8)
http://www.g-body.org/tnt/diffs/diff-codes.php

thanks , but it has errors .....83 H/O had a 7.5 , switched to 8.5 , in 84 .....
good sense would say 8.5 because of the 350 ,but ....
 

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bigdan said:
my86442 said:
bigdan said:
is a 1980 442 W-30 with a 350 olds engine diff an 8.5" or a puny 7.5" ?

could get one , but car is seized in ice & snow ...cant check ! would pick in spring , if 8.5" :wink:

thanks

Dan
this may help, I googled it 8)
http://www.g-body.org/tnt/diffs/diff-codes.php

thanks , but it has errors .....83 H/O had a 7.5 , switched to 8.5 , in 84 .....
good sense would say 8.5 because of the 350 ,but ....

GM didn't start producing the 8.5" rear for G bodies until 1984. It will have a 7.5" rear unless someone swapped it out.
 

bigdan

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anyone that has a W30 sign in his avatar has to know ! :wink:

thanks ,

I had 6, 70-72 , W30`s :mrgreen:
 

my86442

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bigdan said:
my86442 said:
bigdan said:
is a 1980 442 W-30 with a 350 olds engine diff an 8.5" or a puny 7.5" ?

could get one , but car is seized in ice & snow ...cant check ! would pick in spring , if 8.5" :wink:

thanks

Dan
this may help, I googled it 8)
http://www.g-body.org/tnt/diffs/diff-codes.php

thanks , but it has errors .....83 H/O had a 7.5 , switched to 8.5 , in 84 .....
good sense would say 8.5 because of the 350 ,but ....
welcome, just figured i could help
 

bigdan

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it`s apreciated ! :wink:
 
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