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    4/28/2016 6:18 PM  #1

    MS
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    After 24 years... FINALLY

    I finally got the new rear end for the fastback today.  Will install tomorrow or in a day or two.  Hopefully that bearing vibration is history now.  I have been dealing with the vibration since the first 302 and C4 was in the car in 1992.

    Now I have to get the driveshaft rebuilt because I changed from a 1310 to a 1350 ujoint.  The pinion snubber on the old third member will get swapped to the new one before installation.

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    4/28/2016 7:24 PM  #2

    Bullet Bob
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    Re: After 24 years... FINALLY

    Sure makes a difference, MS.   I didn't go nearly as far as you but after 16K it sure was nice to go down the road with the new 8.8 and have a quiet, vibration free experience.

    BB

    "you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
     

    4/28/2016 7:53 PM  #3

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    Re: After 24 years... FINALLY

    That's purdy !!!

     

    4/28/2016 8:50 PM  #4

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    Re: After 24 years... FINALLY

    To those who have inquired about the old N case rear, it is sold, going in Ramses' 66 coupe.

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    4/28/2016 8:53 PM  #5

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    Re: After 24 years... FINALLY

    Very nice Hardware!

     

    4/29/2016 9:56 AM  #6

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    Re: After 24 years... FINALLY

    Nice, please use a soft pad on the jack pad so it doesn't get all scratched up when you install it.

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    4/30/2016 9:11 AM  #7

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    Re: After 24 years... FINALLY

    For what its worth, I too noticed the "N" case.  When I ran my 66 Merc Cyclone GT SS/JA in 1973, I had a very worked over 390 with a C-6 and all the goodies.  I was running at 11.19 in the quarter with 4.88 or 5.13 rear gears.  That "N" case NEVER gave me any problems, even using the stock axles.  I would take a wild guess at close to 500 bhp, finding a chassis dyno back then was next to impossible.  I had more wheels up launches than I can count.
    Ramses should be grateful for the acquisition.

     

    4/30/2016 2:15 PM  #8

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    I'm all for shotgunning problems.   I, too, reach a limit.

     

    4/30/2016 10:13 PM  #9

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    Grats on the 'new and improved', Steve!  May you remain vibration-free. ;)

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    5/04/2016 11:26 AM  #10

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    That is a nice looking unit.  Hope this solves the issue.

     

    5/04/2016 8:27 PM  #11

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    Re: After 24 years... FINALLY

    So far, no vibration...  But then, I don't have my new custom driveshaft yet!  Decided to go with 1350 ujoints at both ends and nobody had the correct front yoke to do it, so had to order one from way up north, around Arkansas.

    I did get it all bolted back together except the shaft.  The wheels protrude about 1/4" farther out than before and both sides are within 1/32" of an inch of each other.  :Looks like a perfect fit!  Lots of clearance at the quarter panels and at the inner fenders and springs.  Wheels are perfectly centered in the available space.

    Hope to have the driveshaft Thursday.  Can't wait for road test.  But I have two customer brake jobs to get done tomorrow first.

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    5/07/2016 5:57 PM  #12

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    Re: After 24 years... FINALLY

    Got the driveshaft Friday afternoon.  It was over an inch too long.  So, took it back and had them cut 1-1/4" out of it.  Now it fits very well and has about 1" of the yoke sticking out of the tranny for free travel.

    Installed it but have not bled the rear brakes yet, so cannot drive it.  Also found out I no longer need the 3 degree angled shims so now I need to take them out and put some 1/2" flat spacers in their place (like lowering blocks).

    Trying to get the angle of the dangle just perfect.

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    5/07/2016 8:50 PM  #13

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    Steve, I may have missed one of your posts- did you have a new housing made up? If so, what dimensions did you go with. housing end to housing end? 

     

    5/09/2016 7:37 PM  #14

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    Re: After 24 years... FINALLY

    I used the same Versailles housing that was in the car, but I had them straighten it to perfection, then cut the ends off and welded new axle ends onto it.  The rear end is 58.25" wide from axle flange to axle flange, not counting the rotor thickness.  The 17x8, 5.72" backspacing wheels with 245x45/17 tires now fir perfect in the rear wheelwells.  They clear the springs by 1" and do not rub the quarter panels.

    That said, anyone wanting to install those same size 1994-2004 Mustang wheels on a stock 65/66 rear end can simply use a 1/2" spacer on each side to get the same dimensions.

    Since I was having the rear axle modified anyway, I just had them make it so it fit perfect to begin with.

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