Re: [Amc-list] ELECTRO-RAMBLER =revisited=

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" A: Doing one in the front of an Eagle wouldn't make sense as the housing is 
" special for the IFS D30 and no strength would be gained.

true.  it was just the amc factor.

" Now a D44 IFS chuck 
" might be the ticket (and since it was available stock in Jeeps, isn't that 
" close enough to AMC? <G> (I mean the 1963 J300 pickup with IFS)

technically, that was from the pre-amc kaiser years...  but you could
justify it since d44 live axles were used in the amc years!

" I worked on an Olds Tornado ('85 I think?) years ago with a D44 front
" diff separate from the trans that seemed much like the Eagle one.

that would be the '79-up downsized generation.  sure it wasn't a gm
10-bolt?

i've always liked the motor homes that were based on the 1st-gen
toronado transaxle.  they're still distinctive.

" My '83 Eagle wagon was 2.37 and the '81 I had was 3.08. (I still have a 
" non-vacuum 3.08 front diff for sale.)

hmmm...  so 3.31s would definitely be on the low side even with an
o/d.  i vaguely recall that 4-cyl eagles got 3.31s?


" From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
" 
" 
" --
" i've just discovered the d35 ifs front axle that ford used does
" have a high pinion.  two crazy ideas immediately came to mind:
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