Talking to a few performance guys I have on my route it seems like I could have a ford 9" for like 200bucks, narrow it to the right size for a gbody, and have the axles cut and resplined for a couple hundred bucks, probably about another 200 im guessing they would charge me to narrow it, maybe a little more if they put it together for me. Then it depends on how lucky i get with if its already a posi and has the gearing I want. I would put away about 1,000 if I went that route.
Ive looked at a couple of other options and a grand seems to about the price I would end up paying for either route other than buying a new one.
Thats cheaper than what the 8.5's seem to going for, but more leg work. The bolt pattern issue can be taken care of when they cut the axles. In my case I would have to figure out how to mate my Camaro brakes to that rear
regarding the brakes there is two different sizes for the Ford bearings, I don't know if your brake set up would fit either but one may fit or be easier to modify to fit your brakes. The two different sizes use the same axle
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