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

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

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!!!
  

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

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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!!!
> 
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