Re: [Amc-list] silly ford axle question?

[James Shadwick <idahoAMX@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have had an 8" with 4.11 gears and a mini spool under the Gremlin for 
the past 7 years and has worked fine....putting 280+HP to the rear 
wheels with a 360....it now has a 401 with over 300HP to the rear wheels 
in front of it and continues to motor along.......I do have an auto and 
I do not hit it hard like a 4spd would..
Jim Shadwick
Nampa,ID




Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I know we abused the snot of them and never broke any that I recall.
> In fact now that I think about it the group I ran with as a whole broke more 9's than 8"s!!!
> The one little Mavericak grabber had an 8" with factory posi and aftermarket 4:57 gears and it just plain ran hard. It went thru three owners while I knew of it. 302 4 speed, bracket raced in the 13's. Even had some slicks on it for a bit. I do not ever recall any breakage.
>    In the 9"s I saw everyting from shattered spiders to cracked posi cases to broken pinions. All on street cars on street tires. The only 8" failure I can remember was a spider pin wearing a slot in the carrier on one car and it was my friends dads station wagon!!!
>   
>
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> " I was different before people dared to be different" 
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>   
>> A: The 8" that I had in my '66 Fairlane (289 3 speed) was 3.55 posi. I 
>> switched it out for a 3.00 when I put the C4 auto in (then I put a 9" inch 
>> in for the 428 side oiler right before the Tbolt copy car was stolen and I 
>> sold the other 2 dr HT)
>>
>>
>> From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] silly ford axle question?
>> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans."
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>> The 8" Maverick rear axle is the narrowest 8" axle out there
>> AFAIK!
>> It is a dead near perfect bolt in for the American, narrow for
>> anything else.
>> It is about 56" -56 3/4" wide total. I don't have the exact
>> number handy right now.
>> I would dearly love to use one in mine, but the costs of putting
>> one together seems to be within $200 of doing a 9" so I'm
>> guessing I will not be using the 8".
>>   I want to get the gearset in 3:55 range and that was not an
>> option in the Mavericks, nor are very many of them posi, so by
>> the time I would add up all the "upgrades" well, It all adds up!
>>   25 years ago I built one. The 3:55 geared pumpkin was to be
>> found in the Mustang II V6 axles. $50 for a used pig and I was
>> all set, no posi but it still worked well. The car was actually
>> faster with the 3:55 8" open then with 4:11 9" posi. It's all in
>> the combination I guess.
>>
>> No, IT IS NOT A SILLY QUESTION!
>> any search for an improvement over the two piece axles is NOT
>> silly!
>> It's SMART!
>> Anyone who has ever had to get his cars hooked in with a spun
>> hub will agree!!!
>>
>> --
>> Mark Price
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