10 bolts hanging in there

[richardson]

here's a thread i ran into on LS1LT1.com
couple guys running slicks with their stock 10 bolts and are doing just fine
i don't anticipate going with slicks but it was nice to read lol

http://www.ls1lt1.com/forum/showthread.php?p=173324#post173324

[941le]

2 bad i couldnt say the same for mine. My posi is crappin out of me. Its peg legging

[Camaro_94]

Mine would go kaboom with slicks... :laugh:

[bricez28]

mine peg leggin, and i have a blown bearing. and i have the cheapest non hooking tires ever.

[bricez28]

i hope when i rebuild it i can mash the piss out of it like those guys.

[YZF]

Ive known 2 different guys that blow them up on street tires. Thats just here in KC. LOL..

What a junkhole.

[KissMyWhtSS]

I don't like wasting money so anything over bolt-ons and I'm sticking with street tires.

If you hook, you go boom (6 speed cars) so I'll stick to trap runs ;)

[ksmyss]

mine lasted a good year and a half with the 4.10s in it and i couldn't even begin to count the number of track passes with drag radials. then one day i was getting on the highway and grabbed second and boom. pulled the cover and this came out.

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/865/1625/75713.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/865/1625/75714.jpg

i blew 2 sets of 4.10s and after the last big boom that took out everything in the rear i built the 8.8

[1FASTSS]

Mine is still in one piece with 40-50 passes on Nittos and a few runs on Hoosier QTP's but I am in the process of switching to an S60.

[richardson]

some mechanic told me that the rear end was made in two different sizes.. the 7.5 and the 7 and 5/8ths.. and a lot of F-Bodies were mated with components for both sizes because the sizes would get mixed up..
this could cause premature failure and whine..

not sure if this makes a lot of sense tho..?

[camarobird92]

I've never heard of the 7 5/8ths. I know 10 bolts come in 7.5 and 8.5 ring gears...

[Green96Z]

I've never heard of the 7 5/8ths. I know 10 bolts come in 7.5 and 8.5 ring gears...

It's 7.625. The size that ours should be.

[Louvit]

It's hit or miss with the 10 bolt...wheel hop will kill it. manuel trans...slip the clutch a bit...had mine 5 years with an eaton carrier and a t/a cover...Will be doing a 9" asap though

[jakesz28]

Mine had 4.10's and a small stall for years. But when I startred making a little power(low 11's) with the slicks it was holding mid 1.5's 60 foots week after week. But when I tried leaving on 200 + the 1.48 60 foot pass was enough. The second pass at that level trying for a 10.9 it went boom.

[PoorMan]

Ne1 broke with a 3.42 or numerically smaller gear?

[YZF]

I've known several people that have blown up a carrier or two with 3.42's. The 93 cars (M6 cars) came with either 2.73's or 3.23's but they had steeper tranny gears to make up the difference. Its very doubtful for people to blow up them up with an auto/2.73 setup.

[cody161]

Yup I exploded my 3.42's on re street with street tires. I am an m6

[Shon Herron]

Last time at the track my 60's were:
1.50x, 1.50x, 1.49x, 1.51x, 1.51x

ETs in the 7.33x each run.
10bolt/4.10s/PT4400 at 3110#s