[Ultraperio]

Originally Posted by BRUTAL64

$650 might as well be $650,000 to me.

Yea, figure at least $1200 for development for a corvette 8.8 cradle. Then around $900 for a full 03/04 cobra subframe drop out if you want the beefy 31 spline axles. Then add another $600+$300 or so for The Driveshaft Shop to build you a custom length driveshaft and custom axles to mate the corvette hubs to the Ford pumpkin. It adds up quick. Cheapest I've seen with an already developed cradle and 03/04 cobra diff is around $2000. Highest is near $7000.

You can no doubt get a 28 spline T-bird rear end for a song.

[BRUTAL64]

Originally Posted by Ultraperio

Yea, figure at least $1200 for development for a corvette 8.8 cradle. Then around $900 for a full 03/04 cobra subframe drop out if you want the beefy 31 spline axles. Then add another $600+$300 or so for The Driveshaft Shop to build you a custom length driveshaft and custom axles to mate the corvette hubs to the Ford pumpkin. It adds up quick. Cheapest I've seen with an already developed cradle and 03/04 cobra diff is around $2000. Highest is near $7000.

You can no doubt get a 28 spline T-bird rear end for a song.

Yep, T-bird diffs are cheap. Maybe (in the future) I'll look deeper into it.

[enkeivette]

If you want too much power and too much traction, just unbolt your diff and send it to Gary on VM along with too much money. I think he does the 12 bolt conversions for like 3500 out the door.

Or you can do them yourself. Just takes some grinding and some machine work, and a lot of patience. Which I'm sure is something I'll be doing in the next few years.

[BRUTAL64]

Originally Posted by enkeivette

If you want too much power and too much traction, just unbolt your diff and send it to Gary on VM along with too much money. I think he does the 12 bolt conversions for like 3500 out the door.

Or you can do them yourself. Just takes some grinding and some machine work, and a lot of patience. Which I'm sure is something I'll be doing in the next few years.

But with Gary, you only have to change the diff ONCE.

[Ultraperio]

They put 12 bolt internals in a dana 44 housing?

[BRUTAL64]

Originally Posted by Ultraperio

They put 12 bolt internals in a dana 44 housing?

No--they put them in the Eaton 65 thru 79.