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Originally Posted by cbrrmike
where do you get off with such a high and mighty attitude, telling him to reread his post and fix his info, yet you posted "with such low hp" when he never once mentioned his hp levels....
you mention it must be bad luck, but HUNDREDS of fbody owners have had the same issues with 10 bolts....
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He said it was a V6, I assumed it was stock. My bad. I'm not saying the rear is strong. I said the EATON is stronger than the OEM differential. Ring and pinions still break, but the Truetrac doesn't break as easy as the OEM differential.
I didn't tell him to "fix his info" I said... "Please review your info and post a revised assessment with more detail. Thanks! " which is a completely different request altogether.
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Originally Posted by Slow-V6
Dude I dont know where you have been hiding for the past 20 years but the 10 bolt Rear ends are junk!! If you are making over 200hp and run your car at the track then it is just a matter of time. I broke a Stock 3.23 gear rear end with my V6 on motor!! My car put out 186 rwhp on motor at the time. Setup has alot to do with it but also how you drive your car. My Built rear end saw a couple of nitrous dumps at 5grand with some DR's. My car was putting 430 tq through the rear.
The rear end I broke on my WS6 was the bone stock 3.42 rear end. My car made 325rwhp at the time and I broke it cutting a 2.1 60' at the track on street tires!! Not even DR's.
In my V6 I had a 3.23 rear that was bone stock that broke at the track, I had a 3.73 ZT LS1 rear end that broke on the street, and my Eaton 4.10 rear that didnt break on me but broke on my friends car at the autocross track and it was the Diff that broke. On my 02 T/A My bone stock 3.42 rear broke at the track. I dont care if I break a rear end or not anymore because I have a warrenty on my T/A. Cost me 100.00 to get a brand new rear from GM!!
The bottom line is 10 bolts are junk. I wasted over 2000.00 on moding and buying other 10 bolts in the past on my V6 Firebird that All I should have done was save up and get a 12 bolt and be done with it!! I was nieve ( spell check) and thought I could build a solid 10 bolt that would last. I think I saw a artical in GM High tech on a 10 bolt in a 3rd gen with the car making 500rwhp or something. I thought if he could do so could I. Thats the joys of being young.
If you plan on running your car at the track and make over 200hp then you should save up for a 12 bolt rear end. It will save lots of time and frustration in the future and in the long run be one of the best mods you can do to your car.
I think that number is probably more like 1,000's of 3rd and 4th gen F-body owners.
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Yep, I never said the rear was strong, just that the Eaton was stronger than stock.
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Originally Posted by B4C
Yeah Mark42 you been hiding under a rock? I broke my 10 bolt almost completly striped the pinion people have broken them in practically stock cars...its not the parts it the design its weak...ever seen a stock 10 bolt housing and a moser 12 bolt next to each other the 10 bolt looks like a little toy. 7.5in 10 bolts are junk! It has nothing to do with the quallity of the parts in them, they just arent beefy enough to hold any power...I broke mine doing a burnout...didnt hook until 5th sounded awful...then I continued to beat on it then it went boom.
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Yep, I never said the rear was strong, just that the Eaton was stronger than stock.