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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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I'm putting a 383 with 450 hp I want to beef up the rear end in my car what should I do with out changing to a solid axle
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 10:49 PM
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You will find a couple of options if you do some searchs that range from 12 bolt conversions to a beefing up the 10 bolt. There's a thread recently started for "Super 10 Bolt IRS build up" in this forum section. Follow it for sure.
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Try this thread:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...ag-racing.html
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 07:39 AM
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i think you will have a hard time killing even the weaker aluminium dana even with a 450 hp 383 ..unless your going sticky .
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You can always talk to Gary Ramadei, he does some really nice diff work.
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