Actually, it sounds like a great deal. I'd jump on it!
Rear End Help!
My car is a 56/210, 327/300, th360, 3:56 posi. It gets 10mpg. I have axles out now so I'm going to change to another drop out open rear with 3:08 gears.
Talked with Danny Howell at Southeast Chevy Parts in Florida. He has a 3:08 with guarantee for $350 and $45 shipping. On the other hand he offered a trade for my rear and will pay all shipping plus $100 to me. My car will be a daily driver and I'm not interested in the performance the 3:56 brings. I know nothing about the prices. Is this a reasonable price and offer?
Thanks
Talked with Danny Howell at Southeast Chevy Parts in Florida. He has a 3:08 with guarantee for $350 and $45 shipping. On the other hand he offered a trade for my rear and will pay all shipping plus $100 to me. My car will be a daily driver and I'm not interested in the performance the 3:56 brings. I know nothing about the prices. Is this a reasonable price and offer?
Thanks
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Sounds like a win win. :anim_25:bowtie-trifive:gba:
Well u should see around 15%+ better gas mileage and around 500 to 600 drop in rpm at 60 mph.. You might miss the posi though..
I don't know about that. Empty P cases are going for a few hundred all by them selves, let alone a complete posi unit. An open 3:08 rear is just not all that hard to come by, I have one in my garage. An open 3:08, valued at 350, and 100 for a complete posi, na, you can likely do better. PM me, maybe we can work out a better deal for the posi and you can buy the 3:08 open outright.
Now this sounds like something worth looking into! :anim_25:I don't know about that. Empty P cases are going for a few hundred all by them selves, let alone a complete posi unit. An open 3:08 rear is just not all that hard to come by, I have one in my garage. An open 3:08, valued at 350, and 100 for a complete posi, na, you can likely do better. PM me, maybe we can work out a better deal for the posi and you can buy the 3:08 open outright.
sounds like you'd be loosing out to me.
That's a really good deal BUT the combo you have now should be getting much better mpg than you are. IMO you should be able to at least 16-17 mpg as it sits. Other things come into play here like tire height, which will change overall rear gear ratio, ignition timing advance to most affective and carb adjustment..... I'm running a 35 year old never rebuilt sbc w/ tunnelram and 2 Edelbrock 500s, large cam with 4:33 rears on a 29 inch tire. If I just take it easy I have gotten 17 mpg just as an example. :anim_25:
Fairness
In fairness to the car, when I took it off the road the tires were 25 1/4 tall, and the plugs were 10 years old, so yes I think I can do better than 10mpg. My thought was while I had the axles out now would be a good time for the rear swap. I'm after a road car, don't run it hard, and treat it like a baby, Just want to ride around.
In fairness to the car, when I took it off the road the tires were 25 1/4 tall, and the plugs were 10 years old, so yes I think I can do better than 10mpg. My thought was while I had the axles out now would be a good time for the rear swap. I'm after a road car, don't run it hard, and treat it like a baby, Just want to ride around.
I run 308 and love it ... sounds like a cool deal ... :anim_25:
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trading a posi for an open with only 100 cash back is a plain old rip off, if he was offering 300 cash back and covering shipping it would be a so-so deal. put it back together with what you have and give it a tune up.
Is the tooth count on your rear-end a 9-32 or 11-39? Both were called 3.55 but the 55 & early 56 3.55 rear-ends had 11 pinion teeth and 39 ring-gear teeth with a ribbed diff-case. Most of them came behind a 6 cyl. Later 3.55 had 9 tooth pinion and 32 tooth ring-gear on a arma steel diff-case. Much stronger 3.55. If your posi is in good shape I would buy the 3.08 gear, a new rebuild kit and keep the posi. Your center case must be a series 3My car is a 56/210, 327/300, th360, 3:56 posi. It gets 10mpg. I have axles out now so I'm going to change to another drop out open rear with 3:08 gears.
Talked with Danny Howell at Southeast Chevy Parts in Florida. He has a 3:08 with guarantee for $350 and $45 shipping. On the other hand he offered a trade for my rear and will pay all shipping plus $100 to me. My car will be a daily driver and I'm not interested in the performance the 3:56 brings. I know nothing about the prices. Is this a reasonable price and offer?
Thanks
All about rear ends
Hi Are you the guy that has one of the new Muncie gearsets the M-22Z
and I believe that you have the 3:08 rear end. If all that is right what would you opinion be about using a 2:80 rear with the M-22Z. Do you think the 2:80 is too low numerically. Do you believe the 3:08 is perfect or could a person go lower like the 2:80. Your opinion is important to me for actual experience
Thank you Gary
Hi Are you the guy that has one of the new Muncie gearsets the M-22Z
and I believe that you have the 3:08 rear end. If all that is right what would you opinion be about using a 2:80 rear with the M-22Z. Do you think the 2:80 is too low numerically. Do you believe the 3:08 is perfect or could a person go lower like the 2:80. Your opinion is important to me for actual experience
Thank you Gary
rear-end
Gary, was that question meant for me??
Dennis
Gary, was that question meant for me??
Dennis
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