I had the same conversation with Mike Buckel when I wanted to put a
Dana in my 63. He said "why would you want to do that, it's weighs
100#s more than an 8 3/4 and we has 8 3/4 diffs in our funny cars. I
put a '65 8 3/4 in the car. I have a 472 Hemi with 550 ft/lbs of
torque and I'm not affraid to throw more at it. My bussy had a 650HP
hemi in his 64 Belvedere and was running it with slicks on the track
every weekend and it took all the abuse.
Building a 1000+hp engine, yeah Dana would be the way to go. You know
the way it was back in hthe days, ma Mopar was over engineering stuff
for their cars, perfect example is the Dana 60.
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Steve
'63 Hemi Polara
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Joseph Lemire <jlemire426@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> don't let me scare you away from a Dana, those who know me will attest to me
> being a Dana snob,LOL! at any rate, I only suggest looking maybe a little
> deeper for a better price. Ambulances used to be a good resource because a
> lot of them had the right gears and powerlocks. I have a bare housing I
> would sell for $125 (shameless self-promotion,ay!)
>
> Joey
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:13 PM, ch <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Well it just came to mind as I had recently read this Hemmings article
>> again
>> http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2006/04/01/hmn_feature27.html
>> They mention the snubber, availabilty and lack of car rear ends to find.
>> I am happy with the 8 3/4, and it seemed like a lot to go through but it
>> was a 1965 and if you all went 'yeah do it' I thought I could. A 500ci may
>> be in the 64s future and it seemed like a good
>> pairing :-) I'm also of the nostalgia persuasion.
>> 'We were the Ramchargers' is my favorite read!!
>> There's all my excuses, so I guess I'll pass for now Lol
>>
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