2 blown Rear ends and 2 half shafts!!

[SVT_SNK]

Hey everybody,

Not a regular poster here, but need some advice now, and I hope you can help me out.

I have gone through 2 warranty replaced rear ends, and two half shafts, one I replaced, one the factory replaced with one of the rear ends. Well, last night, I was chewing up rice mobiles, at the NOPI event here in Atlanta. Had fun doing it, but, on one run, for some reason, I got bad wheel hop.....Normally, I have learned how to not do that, but it happened.

SO!!!

I want to go to a straight axle setup, as I am tired of the IRS BS.

Please give me some suggestions on what I should buy, and any ideas roughly what I can expect to shell out. I am stupind when it comes to rear ends.

My setup is pretty average, not a ton of power, but I do have a strong motor, and my mods have dynoed recently around 450 hp at the rear.

Thanks for the input ahead of time, and I am sure I will have more ???

SVT_SNK

 

[4sdvenom]

Gotera Automotive........ask for John Gotera
901-382-5050

Brand new from Ford axle housing...checked for straightness, and axle tubes welded.
Strange 31 spline axles, and wheel studs.
Eaton posi center section.
Your choice of Ford 3.27, 3.55, 3.73, 4.10 or Motive 3.90 gears
T/A aluminum diff. cover with pre-load adjusters.
Rear filled with Royal Purple lube.
Mach-1 springs
Steeda billet weight jacker lower control arms (hardcore series)
Steeda boxed aluminum upper control arms (hardcore series)
All upgraded polyurathane bushings (with spherical option for $50.00)
Strange udjustable shocks
GT exhaust hangers
Pinion snubber
Rear (stock GT) sway bar
ABS sensor harness for each side
caliper brackets
All nuts, and bolts

I may have missed something, but if you call John he can fill you in.

I bought mine (above) 6 months ago for $3500.00

Ken:beer:

 

[dougwg]

The mother of all write ups! <~~~~Clicky

 

[Wayneo]

Hey doug are you guys still out of the diff brace?

 

[dougwg]

ya...waiting on pieces from the Lazer cutter.... he's been draging his feet and he's pissing me off :cuss::mj: :fm:

we'll see how he likes it when I yank the job from him... after he has already bought material:bash:

we turned him lose on the job a week before we ran out...that was like 3 weeks ago:nonono:

 

[CobraBob]

Contact Juiced46. I'm sure he has some good input for ya!

 

[Blue03Cobra]

Originally posted by SVT_SNK
but I do have a strong motor, and my mods have dynoed recently around 450 hp at the rear.

You make 450 RWHP with:

Engine/Performance Mods:

Steeda CAI
Flowmasters
Tri-ax Shifter
MM Full Length Subframe Connectors

Interior/Exterior Mods:

CLICK THE MODS BELOW FOR PICS

Hood Shocks
Hood Blanket Mod
Hood Blanket Mod #2
Pioneer AVH6500DVD
Pioneer AVIC-80DVD Nav Unit
15% Tint

 

[SVT_SNK]

Doh!!

I have posted so irregularly, that I didn't look at the signature I made up.

Since then I have been 2.93 pulley with a tune of course. Previous posts which I assume have been deleted had Dyno sheets attached. I also done some front end suspension work.

It was a good catch though, just should have updated the signature.

Thanks 4sdvenom for the awesome information in your post. I plan on calling tomorrow to ask some info. I had a figure in my head around 3K for the changeout, so that price if it is still good isn't to bad.

Thanks for the replies everyone, now I just need to get it done.

Svt_Snk

 

[Bad03Cobra]

Solid rear is the way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[Bob Cosby]

Another option is to find someone with a 99+ GT (or Mach) that wants to swap. That will get you the basic setup for basically the price of labor (assuming you don't do it yourself) and you can add the upgrades at your leisure.

I'm seriously considering a live axle swap this winter. My setup would look like this:

2002 GT Rear (no cost swap)
Detriot Truetrac (~$400)
31 Spline Moser or Strange Axles (~$300)
X2C Boxer ST upper and lower control arms (~$170)
Air bags (~$70)
3.90 or 4.10 gear (~$180)
Install gears/diff/axles ~$200
Install control arms ~$150

I don't care for the harsh stuff, and I've had great success with the same basic suspension setup on my 99 Cobra.

 

[Juiced46]

I agree with Bob. Find somone with a 99+ GT that is willing to swap with you. Thats what i did, all i needed to do was buy a catback because the catback i would have gotten off of the GT i didnt like. The rear i have for now is stock with 3.73s and Eibach lowering springs

I will be building it up very soon with
31 Spline Moser or Strange axles
Detroit Trutrac diff
Rear Girdle
Weight jacker lower control arms
and havent decided on a UCA yet

No more hop for me, and i saved a ton of weight