Thinking of possibly doing some type of rear end conversion...

[Chadillac2000]

Been contemplating a rear end conversion of some type, im building a car strictly for drag racing and will be trailered to and from the track. The car currently has a 3 bolt rear end in the car and I have it pulled and been thinking of possibly converting to some type of ford or chevy rear end, possibly a dana type, havent really decided yet. I figure that a 4 bolt could be had for around $400 plus the $1600 or so to have the DSS level 5 axles put on, I could possibly switch in a much more heavy duty rear end for that much money that could possibly handle more power, BTW this is going to stay AWD. I know the most difficult part would be fabbing up a rear supsension that could be used for this but it may possibly be worth it if I could find some good deals and do the fabrication myself.

So does anyone know of anybody whose done this or possibly have some pictures, just trying to see what all this would entail. Thanks in advance.

 

[almostquick]

so your basically talking about a 4-link rear suspension and run a solid rear axle (most popular are ford 8.8 or 9), theres actually quite a few people who have done it but it seems to be pretty hush hush.

but heres a start for info

http://www.thedirtforum.com/4link.htm

http://www.baselinesuspensions.com/info/Launching_A_Drag_Car.htm

have fun, dont expect a lot of help from the DSM crowd since it hasnt been done a lot,to be honest most dont need to. How fast do you plan on going anyway?

 

[Chadillac2000]

Alright so i'm pretty sure i'm going to take this car to another level and go with a 4 link competition engineering frame kit and run another rear end, probably a dana, but stay AWD. My question is how would I go about matching up the gear ratios so I wouldn't destroy the tranny, transfer case, rear end?