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RE: Vixen rear end swap ????

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Subject: RE: Vixen rear end swap ????
From: "Ayer, John K" <John.Ayer@PSS.Boeing.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:10:42 -0700
As long as your are cutting and welding, would it not be just as easy to change 
over to a Salisbury/Ford?  Which would offer a greater range of ratios and 
limited slip devices...
If I were King, that's what I would do :)

Kimball Ayer
2500M 
#3723TM

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> Subject:      Vixen rear end swap ????
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am thinking about upgrading the diff in my 1970 Vixen S2.  My car has the 
> Spitfire/GT6/Vitesse style rear, and I would like to replace it with the 
> sturdier TR6-type unit that was used on the Vixen 2500.
> 
> I know that I will have to cut at least two of the old diff mounting brackets 
> from the frame, fabricate and weld in new ones.  Will I have to do all four, 
> or are the front diff mounts the same?  
> 
> What about the driveshaft and halfshafts/u-joints/flanges?  Can the ones on 
> my car be made to work?  If so, how?  If not, what do I need to do?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Rich Rock
> Pottstown, PA
> (planning on attending Pittsburgh)

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