Moser 8 3/4 housing is a Ford
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451Cuda
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For less than half that money, he could have bought a complete C body rear with 11" brakes, bought new A body axles, paid a shop to narrow the housing.
adriver
Blazing Apostle
Ball bearings and not tapered rollers?
adriver
Blazing Apostle
Who's "they"?
Not important, really.
Just so I know.
Not important, really.
Just so I know.
There is nothing wrong with ball bearings, or ford 9" parts. I have had many wrecking yard 9" and put 10,000's of miles on them. The only failure I had was on a 200 mile return trip with 1000 lbs of floor tile from Mexico in the bed of my 56 PU doing 75mph.
I suspect the failure was just a random bearing failure. I also noticed the bearing was missing its internal seals, may have been a manufacturer failure that Moser missed or it desintigrated during failure.
Personally if I was not trying to keep it stock I would just go with a 9" and call it a day.
I suspect the failure was just a random bearing failure. I also noticed the bearing was missing its internal seals, may have been a manufacturer failure that Moser missed or it desintigrated during failure.
Personally if I was not trying to keep it stock I would just go with a 9" and call it a day.
The Ford 9" is the industry standard for drop out center type rears now so it makes perfect production sense to use the same housing if they can engineer it like that. Just because it's a "Ford" design is not why it failed, nor does it make it inferior somehow.
Garry in AZ
Building a 9 second Valiant
My 67 Valiant uses a modified Ford 9" housing with rear bracing and four link brackets . I went with the 9" because it's lighter and at least as strong as a Dana 60, and there are more options available for brakes etc. Being able to drop out the center chunk make gear ratio swaps at the track easier too. My housing is from S&W Racecars, uses a Wavetrac diff, the 35 spline axles are Moser, and the brakes are Baer.
mcodecuda
Senior Member
The whole rear end looks like a 9” Ford housing to me.
ConValiant64
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Was that a quote from 'Fletch'? If so, bravo!
ConValiant64
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It is. Everything is Ford 9 inch except the 3rd member and the axles.
I would challenge anyone to tell the difference under the car at 20 feet away. That's the stupidest thing I ever heard. It's metal formed into a usable shape bolted to more metal to make more metal move. It doesn't make a rat's *** difference what it is.
I seen the difference the first time I seen the rear of the car, people aren't as clueless as you think, and for me I want to keep my mopar a mopar not a pile of misc parts. But that's just me.
It's not about people bein clueless man. That's not how I meant it. Sure, you can tell the difference.....at least "we" can. But we're not talking about cars here that it "matters" about. If it's one where it needs to be or should be a Mopar unit, fine. 90% of Mopars on the street aren't numbers cars, plus the Ford 9" is not just "arguably" stronger, it's a LOT stronger, so it's an upgrade all the way around. Regardless of your feelings about Mopar stuff. None of the Mopar units have that rear pinion bearing support. That makes a pretty big difference.
I know the 9" is stronger and I don't believe any other rear ends have that pinion support bearing, but what I don't understand is why would anybody put a 8 3/4 in a 9" housing ? If you are going to have a ford 9" housing ford brakes why not just use a 9" center. It just makes no sense to me. I think the guys at Moser are morons for doing that.
For the simplicity of production. That's all there is to it. It's a cost cutting measure. From that standpoint it's a smart one.
Not for $4000 that he said he paid for it
Oh wait, it's a great deal and $ maker for Moser
Cost cutting for THEM, dummy. Not us. lol
mcodecuda
Senior Member
I’m not sure that that’s possible. The 9” Ford has a oval shaped 3rd member and the 8-3/4 Mopar is round so how would you even put one together?
I dont care which one is better, for the money he paid give him what he ordered. Stupid pricks.
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I wonder if Moser even took care of any of it?
HaHa that is funny.
I watched the video. But, also, you can specify what brakes, offset.......all that when you order one. I have to wonder if he did all that. I can tell you that "IF YOU DON'T SPECIFY" their "default" setting is Ford stuff with brakes and bearings. YOU CAN GET anything you want. Nevertheless, he should have been given paperwork that included everything he got. There was no "mention of THAT" either. This is only one side of this story, rest assured.
