7 1/4 rear strength

David66dart said
I have a 66 dart and I also had a question about 7 1/4 rear ends. I am swapping a 360/727 into it, everyone says the 7 1/4 is garbage. I'm pretty handy with a welder so would welding the diff make it so it was stronger by eliminating the spider gears from breaking or would this just kill the axles and the pin? How hard would it be to put a 8.8 out of an explorer in? How much would it cost to have shortening... And other things don't to make it work.
David
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If you are a good welder than pull an 8.8. Out and grab an extra passenger side (might be drivers side) axel and take it home. Lop off a few inches from the longer side to make them even. Weld up your spring perches and have st it. 7 1/4 can last a while but it could break that afternoon. I ran around with a 360 in front of my old 7 1/4 and I drag raced on street tires and did countless burnouts. I got super lucky.