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Yeah, that LS1 will spit out that Torana rear-end in no time. Even if it is a fine-spline axle version it will not last, unless you are really gentle. Glad you thinking things through.
The cheapest, strongest rear end with most flexibility is still Ford 9".
You can just find a shortened Torana 9" housing 2nd hand at swap meets and have a choice of just about any ratio, lsd type and axles(28spline, 35spline, billet etc). These are dime a dozen and should require very little modding, if any, to fit.
In saying that. A guy up here runs a DRB with a Commodore rear end. I think it is an early VN/VP live axle. LSD centre. He runs 347 stroker with Tremec 3550 and it is compaigned heavily on the track. Would race it every 3rd weekend on average and does the most k's of any car in the club. He would probably do 20,000k's a year in his Cobra. He know he recently rebuilt that rear-end, but I think it was mainly due to wearing out the LSD. Then again the stroker has also been rebuilt due to high k's. It has not been shortened, just modded with Torana pickup points etc.
Yep, you can buy some great Torana to Commodore brake conversion kits from Hoppers Stoppers etc. Seen lots of DRB's running VT rotors. Skyline 4 piston caliper seems to be more popular caliper choice these days.
It's really important to get brakes and rear-end sortly properly from the start. Just for the sake of ordering wheels, as once you have them you are stuck with stud pattern & offsets, which makes changing things later more expensive and/or restrictive.
Also with non-shortened Commodore option, you will lose the deep dish look at the rear.
The Torana Ford 9" option will give you that glorious Cobra deep dish on rear wheels.
I'll see what I can find out for you.
Last edited by 400TT; 06-07-2006 at 03:01 PM..
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