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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 10:24 PM
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Here are some pics after a first inspection...

It looks good, do you agree??

It's a Posi 3.08, side play 0.030" right and 0.053" left

I'm doing a frame-off restoration, my car is a 69" with TH400 and a more than 400 hp 383.

I'm quite confused about what to do with it...only a cosmetic refresh, or a total rebuild swapping to a 3.54 or 3.73 ???

I will use the car especially for urban cruising, track day and sometimes for drag races, so few highway mileage.

What do you think about it?




















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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 10:56 PM
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nothing much one can see here regarding bearing wear and how well the teeth mesh..
how did it sound during accelleration and decelleration? any whine-ing or growling?

can't tell about the clutch pack either..

the yokes look great..

get you a heavy duty rear end cover and put caps intead of those straps to hold your half shafts on..
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Its hard to tell, but in the fourth pic it looks like there is a small hairline crack in the posi case in the lower right corner of the window. Could you get a closer picture? Hopefully that is not what I am seeing because if it is you might want to replace the posi housing.
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Its hard to tell, but in the fourth pic it looks like there is a small hairline crack in the posi case in the lower right corner of the window. Could you get a closer picture? Hopefully that is not what I am seeing because if it is you might want to replace the posi housing.
I will check the case thanks!
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What do you think shall I go with a 3.54 or with a 3.73 ???
I remember you that my car is a 69" with TH400 and a more than 400 hp 383 engine.
I will use the car especially for urban cruising, track day and sometimes for drag races, so few highway mileage.

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