Rusty but Rare 1976 Chevy K10 Sport Truck Revival! Wilwood Engineering designs and manufactures high-performance disc brake systems. Identified by casting number & number of cover bolts. JavaScript is disabled. (rear-wheel drive), automatic 3-speed gearbox . list of rear ends and their dimensions to help narrow the search for a possible Suspension Width (Flange to Flange), Ford Mustang II/Pinto & By 1965 GM replaced the 9.3 with a Spicer design using an 8.875-diameter ring gear that mounted the internals in the axle housing rather than a separate carrier. 0000000911 00000 n Vintage 1980 Yamaha Enticer Snowmobile Revival to Former Glory. Its pretty easy to find a good one if you are in an area with a few junkyards. Cars from all the traditional drag racing classes are being built and/or restored, but among the most popular of these period-correct builds are the cars riding high on solid front axles and sporting fenderwell headers: gassers. Picture is from parts book. Check here to see if your engine is correct for your year truck. The power is transmitted to the road by the rear . 0000015097 00000 n Is a pontiac center section as olds rear ends of that era? ZE reg-duty / 4E med-duty 4-pinion. The other drawback is that you can only check for clearance at the height the jack stands are set to. It'll help you sniff out the right parts and will walk you through building the differential for your gasser project. Length, GM 8.2 in. var u='http://50chevy.freeservers.com/cgi-bin/sitestats.gif?p='+escape(location.href)+';r='+escape(document.referrer)+';t='+t.getTime(); 0000003369 00000 n Valves. It's not to the same level as a concours-correct restoration; no judge will deduct points for an incorrect paint code. Numerous e-mails and phone calls, stories of lost and found axles finally resulted in an e-mail from Speedway motors November 22nd apologizing for not handling this order in a timely manner and that a refund would be sent today. There have been non C-clip rearends found in Chevelle wagons, and some El Caminos through at least 1974. HVMo0WJ~H|V`-e)6`!$)=-~6x@h1|o Plywood pieces work well for shims. '69 Dodge Van, '71 Torino candidate to replace the torque tube rear end or just get a better set of gears Pontiac/Olds 9.3 parts are manufactured in the United States and are made in smaller custom production runs using high-quality alloys and the best materials available. Compared to the Ford, the P/O parts were more expensive. Rear End Widths - - Back - - Home > Specs > Rear End Widths : Representative for comparison purposes only. '72 Cougar Information provided by:Joe GarciaThe Resto Rod Shop. You can identify the B-O-P assemblies by the two reverse-scalloped sections of the differential cover located at the 9 and 3 o'clock positions. The simple cure when using wide tires with a stock-width rearend was to radius the fenders and let the tires hang out in the breeze. 40/13. Approximate rear end widths measured from backing '72 Dart hi don, there is no major difference in the pontiac differential from 1949 to 1956 other than rear brake related parts. '69 Firebird GU5 - 3.23's Optional auto trans gear ratio. The intake valve size increased to 2.11" and the exhaust valve increased to 1.77"in size from the previous model. 0000001291 00000 n With a maximum top speed of 112 mph (180 km/h), a curb weight of 2672 lbs (1212 kgs), the Fiero GT has a naturally-aspirated V 6 cylinder engine, Petrol motor. Engine Numbers. 5E med-duty 4-pinion. charles coker, 1953 pontiac tech advisor. A period gasser can be built by scrounging swap meets, salvage yards, and the Internet for many of the components necessary to complete a genuine example of one of the dominant race cars from the 1950s, '60s and '70s. The Rochester Quadrajet carburetor was featured on the top spec GTO. You're building a gasser. . The S10 10bolt 7.5/7.625" rear end is a good choice for the light low to medium horsepower small block cars. Quality and service was excellent. What I did is shown below in the photos. . I have in the past struggled to measure the car for the correct rear end width to get the wheels and tires to fit correctly for both appearance and to avoid contact with the fenders, frame and suspension. The Trophy Track's strengthened bearing hubs even use larger-than-stock bearings, the same ones found on spools. i've seen that link about a hundred times now and it's kind of funny how the 73-77 GM A-body is not included. For a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the current Gasser craze, Pontiac and Olds rearends are enjoying renewed popularity. '72 Cricket Real World Hagerty Collector Car Insurance Claim Experience, How To Be Prepared For A Dyno Session And Not Waste Your Money, Holey Goat Father/Son Texas Road Trip 5 Days, and 2000+ Miles, Are You Killing The Hot Rod Community? Drag Racing 101 ~ Everything You Need to Know! Find your GMC/Chevy vehicle in the chart below and click on the illustration for a larger view. In head/2 per cylinder. We provide how-to and technical articles, vehicle and build features and examples, plus calculators and lookups that will help you get your ride from dream to driver. If you would like to compare the fit with a couple of different widths build your wooden rear end for the narrower width and then add shims to the ends to change the width. Floor jack permits you to raise and lower wheels to check for clearance. The T/A 6.6 was available for most of the model year, but once the supply of stockpiled 400s was exhausted, it signaled the end of the big Pontiac V-8. a Custom Classic Truck" Peterson Publication; June or July 1999,