andrewrj said:
You are a wise man. How do you know all this stuff?
Honestly, I've had every single part off of my car at one point or another and most of them, more than once. I've done it the wrong way, learned, done it the right way, learned, and improved on it. I've had this car since 2001 when it was white and BONE STOCK down to the air silencer. Plus, being in the military, while you're on deployments, you have ALOT of down time to just read...and read....and read. Really it is alot of research, trial and error, frustrations, good well-knowledged friends, hard-headedness, and money.
More specifically though, with the diff...I wanted to build my rear end to support 500 horse with no sweat. I didn't want to go over kill with c-clip elims and a spool b/c a ) i never PLANNED on running full blown slicks and b) although many don't have the problem, i didn't wanna chance fluid leaks with the seals due to street use. I knew I wanted 31 spline Mosers so I looked at available diffs. I looked at the cheapest (f-150/bronco 8.8 diffs which have the abs rings on them) and everything else. I wanted something that I could set and forget and not have to worry about a) rebuilding clutches and b) EVER breaking. I found stories about exploded auburns, strange, eatons, trac-locs, etc. Only TWO diffs that i didn't find any broken ones at my power level were detroit lockers and ARBs. detroits being the cheapest "indestructible" c-clips diff i could find....I bought one. If they work for high tq mud trucks and rockcrawlers, it should have ZERO problems with my little street car. SO, although I haven't run everything out there, I have researched, asked questions, and researched some more....
Always happy to help man....
Ry
