I raced a 62 plymouth fury back in the 70's. 383 2 x 4 barrels with a
4.88 rear.
Tapered axles. Car ran in SS/HA on the record along Callahan & Sulu (the
Villian) who held the record at 11.88.
They won the first gatornationals back in the 70's with this car in F/SA.
My car ran the same times
The name on my car was OVERDOSE.
We both ran in Northeast Division 1.
We both had tapered axles. NO PROBLEM. These cars were pushing close to
500HP.
CruiserMike
New Jersey
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
From: peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: tapered axle strength
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:24:27 -0500
You won't break the axles.
The problem was shearing the key in the hub.
But I doubt you'd ever do that either.
Jimmy
On 9/12/2010 6:19 PM, gerry peters wrote:
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> Does anyone have race experience with the 8.75 tapered axle diff ?
> The car will have 9" slicks 727 and 3.55s or 4.10s
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> i.e.How much hp can they withstand in a 4000 lb car and for how long ?
> If they break ,where will they break ?
>
> I know the easy answer is to change to the complete 65 and up diff .
>
> The advantage to the 1963 rear end is they are only an inch wider then
> an a body 8.75
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