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Nutsy
03-05-2005, 06:01 PM
To all you people planning on putting 900+ HP down in your PT 69's:

What rear end are you guys planning on running?
What carrier/housing?
What axels?
How wide is the housing?
How much backspace does that let you run on a wheel?
What gears are you running?
What tranny are those gears running with?

I am ordering my DSE tubs on monday and need to start thinking about what rear carrier/housing to get along with what rear suspension. I was looking at the Currie enterprise 9" aluminum housing a la Mule.

If i plan on going 3 or 4 link, does that matter what housing i get? or can i weld up the bracketry later once i decide on what rear suspension i get?

I was told somewhere down the line that a 55 1/2" Wide housing will let me run a 18x12 wheel with 6" of backspace on a DSE tubbed 69. Just wanted to verify this.

Trev

MrQuick
03-05-2005, 07:22 PM
Hi Trev, I don't plan on 900 HP but I think I can help oin some of the questions you have.
12 bolt and 9" on most of my builds
Eaton on the 12 and stock on the 9"
Moser axles
usually half of the total width but 8 3/8"bs on my 71 Camaro
Richmond gear
TKO600
If your doing a link suspension your best to go with a 9" especially with the 3 link. 4 link you can go both ways.
That set up sounds good but im too tired to do the math right now.I know on 67-68 a 54 1/2" with 5.5 bs and 11" rims work.