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SPF uses an 8.8 center from a thunderbird, shortens the thunderbired axles, makes their own uprights and upper and lower control arms. The only thing that breaks on those is the CV joint. Which doesn't usually break, the bootie tears, a bunch of gravel gets into it, then they get chunky. If it did break, due to the CV design, the axle would not be able to flop around and cause havoc, it would just spin in the CV cup. Haven't seen their center section break, other than trashed posi diff clutches that get worn out.
On the other end of the independant spectrum, Johnspeed (now called backdraft, with some changes perhaps) has a BMW swing arm rear. The camber changes radically as the suspension moves up and down, just like an old voltswagon.
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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