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Aug 1, 2004 | 02:04 PM

2broke2drive

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rear end

i heard a rumor that someone was thinking about mating a ford 9" rear end to our car, or a rx-7 rear end. i did a search and came up with nada. anyone have any info on this?

Aug 1, 2004 | 02:19 PM

MattG

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I believe Ford 9" rear diff is quite strong and has been used in drag racing for quite a while. http://www.mustangandfords.com/techarticles/16399/

I seem to recall somebody mentioning thinking about this on their car maybe it was AusS2000 ?

Aug 1, 2004 | 03:44 PM

2broke2drive

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thanks for the article matt, i still wonder if it's been done yet on our car.

Aug 2, 2004 | 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 2broke2drive,Aug 1 2004, 05:44 PM

thanks for the article matt, i still wonder if it's been done yet on our car.

i remember ~2 years ago someone wanting to see if an rx7 rear end would bolt up to our car, since its similar to a miata's, and we use a miata's differential.

Aug 2, 2004 | 07:17 AM

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I remember that as well. I recall talk of custom halfshafts too since that seems to go after the clutch and diff. I don't think anything came of it tho. Probably an expensive endevour to pioneer.