why a Ford 9"?

DusterDude72 said
Im no expert I know that.....but there are alot of guys here who really know what they are talking about!......then again...alot that want people to think they know what they are talking about lol.

I think you will find alot of that on most any forum though

Ain't that the truth, I'm on 14 or so different forums and they all seem to have at least one guy like that.

mopar340dave said
I do not agree with you on your reasoning of why the 9" is most popular. Just look at the production numbers. Do you really think the people that are running 9" fords would be running them if they were less abundant

The thing is the 8 3/4 is probably more abundant than the 9", 75% of the 9" rears were in trucks with the 5 1/2" bolt cir or in land yachts which most of them were coil spring and way too wide to use in anything without cutting it down and a lot of them had 5" bolt cir. The 9" rears in cars with 4 1/2" bolt cir are far and few between, most were 8" unless it was a muscle car like a big block Mustang or Cougar. Aftermarket 9" parts and third members may be more abundant but not complete usable 9" rears.