Dana 60 vs Ford 9"

if you buy everything and handle the gear install you will get it cheaper. the 9" is one of the easiest to do. personaly I have set up a 5.13 with a full spool in a "C7AW" case and used 31 spline axles with a big bearing housing to literaly push a big block truck threw creaks over rocks threw mud and I have a heavy foot with no breakage. that whole setup cost me less then $250 I even rolled the truck 3 times trying to climb a hill.

one of the things that makes me use that over the dodge stuff is around here I can grab 9" all day long but there are no A body's to pick threw, so because the supply is so high the rears are cheap. now don't get me wrong using factory stuff will only take you so far, but for a hot SB car a 9" is a cheap way to get the job done.

and the "N" case is not the only good case. there is a "N" case that dosen't have the "N" on it you have to decode the casting numbers on the inside of the case to know what you are looking for. there are also different carrier bearing sizes that came from the factory. the "N" is the strongest, the "C_AW" case is the medium case and the "WAR" case is the weakest that should be avioded for any application IMO.

I think the main thing that was left out of this thread was the application that we were tring to match up. you guys are pointing at straight race application where as I am pointing at the mild street strip application. the common person just doesn't need to dump that kind of money into a rear when it is going to be used on the street most of its life.