You would think that if an axle twisted 90+ degrees it would snap right? Wrong-o ole chap. Back when I was but a smiling stupid virgin a grizzled ole timer showed this trick to me. He also showed me a large stack of axles with twists from 90 to close to 360 degrees. They were all arrow straight and without that line you would not have been able to tell.

BTW, this same trick works well on drive shafts. A good shop will ship the shaft to you with the line already on it.

This 9" is from a '57 Ford Wagon and has odd ball axle lengths. From the outside of the wheel bearing to the tip of the splined end they are 28.125 and 23.875". Hope someone stocks them. As far as 31 spline diffs. I could get one from a junk yard off a Ford p/u fairly reasonably right? Or do you think I should go Detroit? (I don't like lockers on the street for safety reasons, but if it's the way to go??) It's no problem for me to put the 4.10 ring gear on it and set it up. Any tips on suppliers? Moser and who else??? Thanks again everyone!

Alex,I have a 28 spline 3.89 9inch Ford posi 3rd member in the garage,is it really worth its weight in gold? Are they getting hard to find or something?Just curious.

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"Just Falcon Around"
1962 Falcon 351W
1958 Morris Minor 289

I'm real tempted to just put Moser 28 splined axles in. It would be a lot easier and cheaper and we have to be ready for a 12-30-2000 race at Sears Point. I'll make some calls on Monday and see what's available. For now I put in one of the old 8" axles and it's about 1/4" shorter, but works ok for street use. Wouldn't a 28 spline detroit work ok, if the trac-lock gives up?

The et streets are on, the car is ready, and the weather here has been SPECTACULAR!! Sorry, didn't mean to "rub it in" LOL I can't beleive it has been this dry for so long, next thing you'll be hearing about a drought in California. I've had the week off and gotten quite a few things done, but the weather here in Northern California has been great. Low 30's in the morning and close to 60 in the afternoon. New hood, shift light, Moser axles, we'll see what happens tomorrow at Sears Point. Only thing for certain is it'll be fun. Enjoy the snow, you know it's not too late to move...

Yeah we might be hearing that drought word before long. It was a beautiful day at Sears, the car ran well 12.74-12.76 consistently @ 109 mph, w/ 1.85 60'ers. (the shift light is helpimg with the consistency) Cal-Track clones next But, a .496 red light ruined the "ta da"

Happy New Year everyone!!

That's all Melissa's "girl power" driving! I'm "retired" Sear's Wednesday Night drags start the first Weds. in March and run through early October. I ended up with 18 psi in the et streets and I put my two tool bags in the trunk for balast. Just gas shocks in the front, and lakewook trac-bars. It didn't get squirelly, so the body is still straight You'll have to join us for some fun this season!
The next w/e race is Jan 27th, sponsored by Summit (of course)

I will definitely make it out this year, perhaps for the next weekend one (probably not racing the vert though if I get to the one at the end of next month).

No there's no roll bar and only stock lap belts in it now. I don't think 11's are possible in street/daily driver trim. Low 12's maybe, but it should stay safely in the 12s for a while, (which is mandatory for H.S. and Street classes). You guys have been a great help throughout this project, if you remember the original goal was to run 13's LOL. We chose a little "overkill" with the 351w to be sure we made it, and now we're talking 11's It's been fun, and the car is still heavy, track weight last w/e was 3,090 with the tool bags!