Beautiful Car, You sure aren't letting any grass grow under you, Happy Cruisin', Hope the weather holds out for you so the car isn't sittin in the "man cave" till spring. Best of luck with it.

 

Robert.

Thanks..

I am so excited . It is going to be a completely different handling car, and yet, the same car ....

I need more cash to finish the inside, but i will find a way...Spring will be here and I will be ready..:icon_h yper:
Mike.

 

I bet you are excited! I sure would be when it gets this close! Too bad it's winter, as I'm sure you'd love to be racking up miles on it as soon as it's done!

 

Yes I am excited.

Still a lot to do. I can strip the interior and start working on that.

my health is better..they said it would take a year to two years , and they were right.. A year and a half, and I am strong again.

But, in between bad weather, I will do some test runs, and then recheck everything.

Still have road course dreams...we will see.

 

More Progress. Not rushing it before Christmas.. It will be on the streets in January..

 

Well, I go by for a test drive next week. It is ready.

Now we have to fix the rear end. I knew it had a vibration.

We are going through the rear end completely.

It is the factory 10 bolt, 8 7/8 with the big yoke.

I knew this was coming...But I will sacrifice the interior money for the driveline anytime..

Clutch and Tranny check soon..They seem ok..

The Engine is strong like a mad bull...No worries there..

 

Factory 8 7/8"??? Never heard of a 10 bolt that was 8 7/8", or did you mean 8.5"? Pretty sure all 2nd gens used a 8.5" 10 bolt, except the 1970 BBC that had the 8.75" 12 bolt.

 

Haha... Could be, it has been so long.. Maybe the 8.5.. It is GM's best 10 bolt from 1971. The driveshaft seems to have a bigger yoke than regular one's, if that makes sense..

Again it is me, the non mechanic talking to you , the mechanic...

I had broken a bolt in it, so I knew it was time. Stupidly , a few years ago, I did two sideshows for co workers and snapped something. It was the best sideshow they had ever seen. almost got me fired..

I never rebuilt it when i did the LT-1 in 1985. We opened it up back then and the clutches, ect.. were fine.

I figure since it is matching to the car, and that it will take a lot of power,i would not spend extra to go too crazy with a 12 bolt or special axles.

Unless the tranny makes noise, i am not going to go through that too.
It was opened up 20k miles ago.. Seems to be fine..

I heard that the 10 bolts were good to 500 hp ??? I am running no more than 420 , but never dyno'd.. Should be ok

I don't ever plan to run slicks, so i think rebuilding mine ,is the way I am going.

 

I am a big fan of 2nd gen 10 bolts. They are the strongest of all the various 10 bolt rearends built, and only marginally weaker than the famed 12 bolt GM rear axles. After all, a 12 bolt is only .25" larger and two more bolts. There are actually some 10 bolts rears that even cam with larger axles than the 12 bolts had. The 10 bbolt in my Austin has some monster axle shafts that are actually stepped down at the splines to fit into the carrier, where most are smaller shafts than the splined area.
Early 10 bolts used smaller U joint yokes than the later did. Not sure what year they changed, but when I put the 1978 Trans Am 10 bolt into my Camaro I found out my driveline wouldn't bolt up anymore. I had to swap U joints and go with a small by large adapter joint to make the old driveline fit the new larger yoke.

 

I too like 10 bolts. They don't rob as much power as a 9". With c-clip eliminators, good axles, and a true trac. They are pretty stout. There are many cars out there in the 9's with them.