a arm rear ends vs multi link vs trailing arm.

[Carlriddle]

on another note i think i found a 2d i may buy for my rail so i can get back to a 4 speed. i'll find out for sure tomorrow.

So this will allow to turn up da boost too the  level?

I've seen many TA with a heim on outside to allow for alignment.  But prob the big reason most use, simple bolt on and cust cant muck it up. 

[fabr]

That one lonely heim only allows miniscule alignment adjustment. IM,the only reason any builder uses a heim there is just to make fab/installation easier. It really allows no alignment adjustments.

[dsrace]

So this will allow to turn up da boost too the  level?

I've seen many TA with a heim on outside to allow for alignment.  But prob the big reason most use, simple bolt on and cust cant muck it up.

  i was going to anyway lol gut hell yes!

[dsrace]

That one lonely heim only allows miniscule alignment adjustment. IM,the only reason any builder uses a heim there is just to make fab/installation easier. It really allows no alignment adjustments.

+1

[dsrace]

well crap.....so come to find out the mendi ebox and 2 d are 2m narrower than a bus box or megasand. mark said mendi uses dana44 diff. so at this point iam going to tear my 4 speed down and look the gears over then prob send it off to have the 4 speed stack installed. this is a down side to a arm or 5 link rear ends. the cvas have to line up center of the pivot points of the heims. so at this point i will build a whole new chassis before i cut the cradle off again.

[dsrace]

on the upside my new littl 30 gal fuel can arrived last night.

[fabr]

well crap.....so come to find out the mendi ebox and 2 d are 2m narrower than a bus box or megasand. mark said mendi uses dana44 diff. so at this point iam going to tear my 4 speed down and look the gears over then prob send it off to have the 4 speed stack installed. this is a down side to a arm or 5 link rear ends. the cvas have to line up center of the pivot points of the heims. so at this point i will build a whole new chassis before i cut the cradle off again.

They are HOW much narrower? Beyond that what is  the centerline of the cv on a mendi vertically and horizontally compared to the MS box?

[Carlriddle]

They are HOW much narrower? Beyond that what is  the centerline of the cv on a mendi vertically and horizontally compared to the MS box?

Believe he told me 2" narrower, 1" ea side.  Didn't mention the horizontal center, but that's a great point. 

[dsrace]

he didnt know the vertical measurement but 2" narrower. also bellhousing is about an 1" wider as well as i would need a diff starter as in the 091 style starter where mine uses the 002 style starter.  i doubt shifting the 930 flange back 1" or abouts would change anything really other than a tiny bit of axle plunge. even thought about 1" spacers but already have 7\16" spacers with grease zerts so i would need basically 1.5" spacers and i don't think that would end well on the 930 flange as they are not that tight of a fit on the diff to begin with. i actually bought all the tube to build another frame as i actually plan on it just was hoping to enjoy this one for a while.      i do have a 4 speed ms with a bad r&p sitting on my bench........i plan on tearing the gear stack out so i can visually inspect it and maybe just send them off to wright gear box and have it swapped out to a 4 speed. not the gears i want but really dont want to dump anymore money into a trans i know i wont be using eventually. as it is right now it is useable at ls no problem. once i swapped the cam and turbo the bottom end really came in so works pretty good now on a take off from dead stop but 1st gear would be better all things considered.

[dsrace]

like i said this is a downside to a arms or multi link vs trailing arm but still pre fer a arm!

[dsrace]

well with the guidance of fast i got the 4 speed apart to inspect the gears. 2nd has 3 teeth that are chiseled on the edges so would need new 1st 2nd since they are part of the main shaft. but this trans was 4.86 r&p....3.10 1st....2.15 2nd....1.67 3rd and 1.30 4th. i'll have to see what new 1 st 2nd main shaft will cost.

[dsrace]

will need new mainshaft for 2nd gear