http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/9-inc...mZ250329184687

The price doesnt look too bad, especially since it comes with axles.
The torque arm setup looks a bit weak to me I emailed them out of curiousity asking what the limit on it would be just to see what they say, no response yet.

Motor is almost back together and now iam in need of a rear end. Running the 10bolt with 4:10's now...doubt it will survive the dyno this time around

Ive snagged a 9inch from a local ford guy for almost no $$ that Iam thinking about trying to convert over to my fbod. Supposedly it has either 4:11 or 4:30 gears?? already installed but with drum brakes. It doesnt have the big N on the third member so iam guessing its the weaker version (good for 400hp or so i think???)
Was also thinking of maybe ordering a housing/axle package and using my third member and gear setup since it appears to be in good shape then upgrading to a nodular peice later on.
Trying to determin if the cost of having the 9inch i have narrowed and all the brackets installed is worth just buying a setup like i posted above.

Running out of money on this project here, the engine is going back together now so iam almost done paying for it i hope. That turned into a big bill i wasnt especting, between the 4bolt conversion, new pushrods, fix all the misc stuff that got screwed, reboring it, etc, kinda sucked! lol

 

the only thing wrong with that rear end is that it doesnt use your original brakes and you will have to buy a complete brake set up for that style housing ends

 

that sucks about the brakes What kind of setup would i have to get for it if i were to go with that setup? Assuming something aftermarket only right? No stock style ford disk setup or anything??

thanks for the reply

 

For a bit more you could get the Moser 9-inch housing, specifically for the F-Body, and no brake mounting problems:

The TA bracket shown in the eBay photos would appear to make the "quick change" feature of the 9-inch a bit more complex. I can't see how you could pull the center section without first removing the TA from the bracket, then removing the bracket fomr the housing. The Moser bracket complicates the quick change a bit, but not to the extent that the eBay housing appears to.

 

hey guys another set of dumb questions. I know its totally off topic compared to my original post, but thought i'd ask anyway incase anyone is still reading this.

Still thinking about maybe trying to use the 9inch rear i got since i have almost no money in it..
I didnt get a chance to get the numbers off of the 9inch rear i have but i did measure flange to flange (housing) and it came out roughly 60inches across.
The rear has the Hump on the backside of it with no dimples, webbing on the 3rd member but no N and came with bigass drum brakes if that helps any. Also has leaf spring perches on it still.

I know 4th gens measure 65.5 inches across (i think?) but is that housing flange or wheel?
Was thinking if it wasnt going to be too far off, maybe being narrower than i need, i could get away with slightly longer studs, spacers, and wideass tires?

Also, buddy races AMRA Modified dirt cars and swears up and down he can use the brackets on this site http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Produc...ckets&deptId=0

To make all the suspension mount points, panhard bar, etc.
Only thing left would be torque arm which i would buy the bracket or make one even.
Also, from the looks of some of that bracketry on that site does it look like i could rig up my stock disk brakes or would i need to go with one of their dirt track type disk/caliper setups?
P.S. i could probably snag some of the rotors like what are on that site and calipers from my friend for little or no cost. He literally has these parts laying around all over the place.

I realize ill have to upgrade whatever internal parts but right now iam just trying to figure out the housing setup ASAP and as ''cost effective'' as possible since iam out of money on this project right now.

Thanks for any and all replies!