Breaking spindles
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Burning Brakes
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Breaking spindles
hello all,
I am trying to find someone that makes stronger rear end parts, I have a '69 with a small block 4 speed. The car used to be an SCCA race car so it is very light (2600pounds) and has much larger fender flares in front and rear. I am currently running a 325/50/15 Mickey T drag radila in the read and I am breaking spindles. I thought I may be twisting half shafts and snapping u-joints before spindles but I havent. The engine runs good but it is not ridiculous, it is a .30 over 12:1 solid lifter engine with aluminum heads. I have built the engine for a 300hp shot of go juice but that will wait until I get a stronger rear end. I want to keep the independent rear if I can and use a solid axel as a last resort. Does anyone out there know of stronger spindels,half shafts???? Please let me know, Thank you
I am trying to find someone that makes stronger rear end parts, I have a '69 with a small block 4 speed. The car used to be an SCCA race car so it is very light (2600pounds) and has much larger fender flares in front and rear. I am currently running a 325/50/15 Mickey T drag radila in the read and I am breaking spindles. I thought I may be twisting half shafts and snapping u-joints before spindles but I havent. The engine runs good but it is not ridiculous, it is a .30 over 12:1 solid lifter engine with aluminum heads. I have built the engine for a 300hp shot of go juice but that will wait until I get a stronger rear end. I want to keep the independent rear if I can and use a solid axel as a last resort. Does anyone out there know of stronger spindels,half shafts???? Please let me know, Thank you
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Burning Brakes
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I just visited your site and viewd the link you sentthank you. however I did not see anything refering to a stronger spindle. Is this not necessary with the coil over setup? Does the coil over shock setup reduce the stress on the spindles on hard launches?
Instructor
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We cryo rem treat all the spindles we use in our race cars. We also sell racing differentials. We put 800HP through our rear ends with no problems. Look us up at www.duntovmotors.com or just give us a call at 972-243-3838.
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Here is a link to another thread on the subject.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1814702
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1814702
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Racer
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Burning Brakes
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thanks for the response, I did talk to Dan at Vansteel and he did suggest the 1480 kit and he also mentioned that I would have to have my diff machined and change the spinder gears, is this what the shims correct or do I need to have the diff removed and worked?
I read through the thread ZL1 posted and his setup looks great!
I read through the thread ZL1 posted and his setup looks great!
Racer
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From: Nassau
The shims I was talking about are to set the end play on the bearing assemblies for the rear spindles. To change your spider gears in the diff you will have to take it appart anyway and might have to shim them also if end play isnt within specs.
