Re: wagon rear end strength

[Bob Fortson <bobt1885@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have an e-mail from Don D. on this subject from when
I was building my Old reliable 440 "Max wedge"
clone...per Don......"If they was good enough for Don
Garlits to win with they're good enough for me !~" He
says Don Garlits TOLD HIM that they used 8.75's from
the junk yard in all of his dragsters up until the
1500 H.P. mark.......
My Fury 'vert is not as heavy as your wagon, but it is
a boy dog.....and the 8.75 has never flinched.


Bob Fortson

--- Robert neal zimmerman
<northwestweirdo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> vehicle:  my 64 plymouth fury wagon
>  subject: 8.75 rear end strength
>    concern:  over at the Wagons of Steel Mopar site
> they were talking
>    about the weight of the wagons and wether or not
> the 8.75 was strong
>    enuf for such a heavy assed car such as a wagon,
> they were upgrading
>    to a Dana.
>     I found a rear from a 67 coronet 4 door for  100
> bucks , so i can
>     dump the tapered axle setup, but is this going
> to be strong enuf for
>     a beefy 440 ?? maybe Don D.  old reliable or
> more??
>   I know the 8.75 is a strong rear but the guys at
> Wagons of steel got
>   me concerned about the ass weight issue?
>   granted they were discussing a later wagon, i
> think it was a 73
>   coronet wagon so those might weigh more,  or it
> might have been a
>   suburban or somesuch which i think is actually a
> C-body. I imagine my
>   64 is a little lighter.
>    neal zimmerman, eugene Oregon
>    
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