Wassup fellas!! Bringing an old thread back from the dead. All my photo links were broken and I went back thru and fixed the pics on pages 1 & 2, Heres an update on the rears and a new 8.5 I cleaned up for my SS the #OGIK...
Heres a finished pic of the "
Ultimate 7.5" build. Had the rear PAB's coated silver to match the Bu
Actually an old pic before I had the pab's coated. I cant find a newer pic of it all together (its in Arizona now with the Bu)...You get the idea. Will flow so clean with the other parts..
The "
Ultimate 8.5"
Grand National rear (373's, Eaton Posi, 28 spline axles, TA rear girdle, ARP main cap kit, Kore 3 braided lines) for my El Camino Project
And A
new 8.5 for the
#OGIK SS. This thing is a monster! 31 spline Toms Kick *ss axles, Eaton posi, 411's, Currie Johnny joint bushings, Perfect launch cover, LPW brace kit) I basically did the same thing with this rear- cleaned it up using the methods on page one of this thread and did the disc swap using my club bro Skip's instructions. This rear will ahve the brace bar kits brackets welded in and a nice weld bead around the axle tubes to help strengthen it up some more. I may add some other bracing as well..These rear disc swaps were done BEFORE the UMI rear swap brackets were out. Now you dont need to cut the flange with the use of UMI's kit..
Drained the fluid
After removing the drum brake setup, I started cleaning it up with a little aircraft stripper and purple power.
Eaton on deck!!
Cut the flange for the backing plate. This was done BEFORE the UMI rear swap kits were available. Id just get the kit if I was doing the swap now..
Drilled out the holes and mocked up the Fbody backing plate...
Sandblasted and painted the rear calipers with some VHT red caliper paint. 4 light coats
The stare down! 411 8.5 vs 373 8.5
Mocking up the Kore3 kit...
Black rotors for this one also..
Currie roto bushings
LPW rear brace kit. Mainly for looks...
Lookin good..
Perfect Launch rear diff cover.
Click pic below for a short vid of the rear
Hope this old "How to" thread will be of benefit to someone. I used simple tools and cleaning chemicals to bring these old rear ends back to life. With a little time and patience, a beatuful end result can be achieved. Thanks for checking back!!
LsWarren
80zUP!!