Thanks, Brian, for the rundown on diff's. If Leonard isn't going "monster
motor", but is basically stock VG30E (170hp/190ft-lbs), wouldn't he have the
option of using the diff from a similar year hardbody truck? It might be
the wrong width, but could be a start, they came with v6's, so they are up
to the job. As far as I know (are you out there, Bill Hatfield?) the brief
rundown of his swap (Holley 390, opened exhaust) didn't include horror
stories of later on diff explosions. (he also mentioned gas mileage in the
low to mid 30's as well)
My recent car show visits (289 in a 52 MG) have heard that a narrowed Ford
rear end is ~1000-1200 bucks. (although not sure of this was narrowing with
or without a rebuild, so that is not a very good number)
Fergus O
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