wanna see what's inside my rearend?

neat stuff, that's what's inside my rearend..

gears and stuff... it's a factory locker installed in a 2002 Z28 rear that i just picked up for my POS 86 Camaro..

all of that magical wonderfulness is inside this housing:

finally found the exact rear axle i've been seeking out for a while now- 3.42 gears, locker differential, disc brakes, 70,000 old man driven miles- and i paid about half what they usually go for.. also got the gas tank with the LS1 fuel pump for whenever i get the 5.3 together and the brake master cylinder so now my whole brake system will be 98-02 F body.. i wanted the aluminum driveshaft, but i didn't bring along enough cash to get that..

Nice score! Looks pretty clean for 13 years and 70,000 miles. You have a nice rearend.

moparman76_69 wrote:

better be set on vibrate

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Best thread title in a long time, maybe ever!

+2

wheels777 wrote: IIRC, the '02 is 3-5/8" wider than the '86. I have a 9-bolt for sale that I originally picked up for my 87. It is cleaned up with about $200 worth of new brake parts on it. 3.27:1 gears, posi, bolt in axles...nice piece. Asking $275

yeah, my rearend is wider, but that's ok..

I was reluctant to click on the thread but figured since it was posted in the "GRM" forum instead of off topic it was probably okay.

Wow! It's clean. Looks nice and tight. All lubed up and ready to go!

Really looks like it can take a pounding. and burn some rubber..

novaderrik wrote:

wheels777 wrote: IIRC, the '02 is 3-5/8" wider than the '86. I have a 9-bolt for sale that I originally picked up for my 87. It is cleaned up with about $200 worth of new brake parts on it. 3.27:1 gears, posi, bolt in axles...nice piece. Asking $275

yeah, my rearend is wider, but that's ok..

get zr1 replicas in 88+ vette offset for rear and 84-87 offset for front, or just use spacers up front?

I thought that the 4th gen is 4" wider total than the 3rd gen rear end. Get some performance rear brake pads too if you're driving it hard/auto-x'ing the car.

In reply to wheelsmithy:

That's a toy car.

In reply to moparman76_69:

patgizz wrote:

novaderrik wrote:

wheels777 wrote: IIRC, the '02 is 3-5/8" wider than the '86. I have a 9-bolt for sale that I originally picked up for my 87. It is cleaned up with about $200 worth of new brake parts on it. 3.27:1 gears, posi, bolt in axles...nice piece. Asking $275

yeah, my rearend is wider, but that's ok..

get zr1 replicas in 88+ vette offset for rear and 84-87 offset for front, or just use spacers up front?

my GTA's will fit nicely and should be herra frush once i get it all bolted together..

moparman76_69 wrote: In reply to wheelsmithy: That's a toy car.

Well, that's got no purpose at all...is that the dead guy from Jackass?

i got so excited about my new rearend, that i decided to do a little simple fab work on the control arms that came with it.. now i have two stiff arms to hold my rearend.. even ran some sheetrock screws into the bushings and ground off the heads to stiffen them up a bit, and may get a tube of window weld to fill in the 30% or so of the bushing space that they didn't fill with rubber at the factory to maintain a nice cushy ride- in a Z28 convertible, where "cushy ride" shouldn't even have been a design consideration.. it's cheaper and easier than new bushings..