Aaron
Why not look into narrowing a ford mustang rear end. There are lots of them out
there and some have disc brakes. Shortening the housing is pretty straight
forward and I am thinking the axles can be cut and resplined. The bolt pattern
is correct and there must be ratios galore. I would look for a place that works
on big truck drive trains for the respline they may even be able to shorten the
housing. The only thing that could be a draw back is the u-joint. Probably
cheaper than a Tiger R/E definitely newer with disc brakes maybe a positrac, I
think I just convinced myself to look into it... Jim
Aaron Sudds wrote:
> It IS broke... I don't think the list is getting my gist. The rear end is
> currently in poor condition and the current ratio is far to high to enjoy
> the car for much more than a putts around the block... Since the R&P will
> need replacement I was going to swap out to a unit with readily available
> ratios at a reasonable cost, hence the dana 44. And the Dana 44 just
> happens to be the North American equivalent of the Tiger rear end...
>
> SO....
>
> If anyone has a Tiger rear end for sale for a reasonable price
>
> OR....
>
> Advice on a Dana 44 swap please email me otherwise keep your opinions to
> yourselves...
>
> I don't want to start a flame war however I see this on other lists as
> well... If you don't have something constructive to add please keep it to
> yourself and don't bomb the list (or my email server) with garbage until the
> originating party get completely frustrated...
>
> Aaron T. Sudds
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 1:06 PM
> To: Aaron Sudds; alpines@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Alpine Dana 44 rear end Swap???
>
> Over in merry old England, we have an expression (possibly borrowed
> from
> elsewhere) which reads 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it!'.
>
> Just my tuppenyworth,
>
> XXXXXXX
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