getting 3.73s solid spacer or not?

brunos400ex · Mar 18, 2009

im getting 3.73s for my 95gt i talked to a guy and he recommended getting a solid spacer instead of a crush sleeve, now my car is stock except for an exhaust and will most likely never see more then maybe 300rwhp and not a whole lot of track time, should i get the spacer or not i think the crush sleeve will be fine what do you guys think?
thanks

uncltrvlnmatt · Mar 18, 2009

I think the crush sleeve will be fine. IMO.

brunos400ex · Mar 18, 2009

thats what i figured also, im gonna take my car to the track but its not gonna see like 4k launches on drag radials or anything crazy

FordInjected · Mar 18, 2009

you get what you pay for. think of it that way

Petek · Mar 19, 2009

FordInjected said:
you get what you pay for. think of it that way

?? i dont get it?? they are both fine.

but a crush sleeve will be fine to hold 300rwhp with plenty of room to grow. who ever builds your rear end, make sure they do a qaulity job to many hacks out there that will rip ya off.

brunos400ex · Mar 20, 2009

yea im taking it to a high performance shop its gonna be like $275 to get them put in but i dont trust myself with that, wayyyyy to small of a margin for error

OnyxCobra · Mar 21, 2009

i've never heard of this solid spacer, would someone care to inform me?

Petek · Mar 21, 2009

basically a round bar that replaces the crush sleeve. You still need to use a crush sleeve, to make sure you get the right pinion depth, and preload. after its all set up you take it back apart, measure the crush sleeve with a caliper, and then add the correct shims to get the same thickness as your crushed crush sleeve. i beleive its usually a .0028" to .0030" shim, but i cant remember exactly right now.