v6 vs LT1 rear end?

[JoeliusZ28]

or 3.23, but yea besides posi otherwise there really isnt a difference between v6 and v8 for lt1 years, y87 v6s even had the posi. I know on the newer ls1 cars the abs and tcs sensors are at the ends of the rear on ls1s and on top of the pumpkin for v6 traction control cars.

Y87 cars were essentially equipped with v8 rear axles.

[meissen]

Hmmm... do you guys think it'd be easier to just rebuild the v6 rear end, then, with v8-capable parts?

[lozanoa11]

I know my y87 came with 3.42's and i think the best ls1 gears were 3.23's. but im not shure about lt1 gears

[MP81]

Hmmm... do you guys think it'd be easier to just rebuild the v6 rear end, then, with v8-capable parts?

10-bolt rearends are cheap.

[meissen]

Cheapest I've been finding them is 250-400...

[MP81]

I thought that was cheap...

Someone told me that what I spent on the one I bought was cheap.

[meissen]

Sheesh that's not cheap. $50 is cheap... anything over $200 is expensive imo for a used stock part.

[MP81]

Oh, okay.

I swear I saw one on here for like $100, but maybe I'm just hallucinating again.

[JoeliusZ28]

$50 for axle is not cheap when a real axle costs 2K+

Myself and others have sold V8-origin 10 bolts on here for $150. Thats much easier and cheaper than rebuilding one.

IMO deal with the one-wheel-peeler until you find one for cheap. Your car will not explode if you have a V8 without a posi for a while - it was done all the time in the 70s.

This should be the least of your concerns right now. Focus on the engine, thats not as easy to change in the future.

[Virtue]

Oh, okay.

I swear I saw one on here for like $100, but maybe I'm just hallucinating again.

it wasnt complete

[meissen]

$50 for axle is not cheap when a real axle costs 2K+

Myself and others have sold V8-origin 10 bolts on here for $150. Thats much easier and cheaper than rebuilding one.

IMO deal with the one-wheel-peeler until you find one for cheap. Your car will not explode if you have a V8 without a posi for a while - it was done all the time in the 70s.

This should be the least of your concerns right now. Focus on the engine, thats not as easy to change in the future.

Yeah, that's what I'm going to do. Focus on the engine and trans, worry about rear end sometime before spring when I have more $$$ and can afford to buy a v8 complete rear end.

[kammi10]

but you have to remember brian if you are going to try and build one up it is going to cost much more then 250-400 bucks to make it stronger....

hell when i bought the stuff for my rear end im pretty sure it was close to 600 bucks and thats just parts. its much easier to spend the 250-400 on a complete rear axle then try and build one up

[my95z28]

did you ever figure out what gears are actually in the car brian?

[Schuby87]

There was a complete 10 bolt on here for $100. I was going to buy it but it was a 4 channel and I need a 3 channel.

[meissen]

did you ever figure out what gears are actually in the car brian?

No sir! I'll have to grab my glovebox door and see if it has the codes in there.