plymouth rear end info needed

[rickyracer1962]

need to change the rear end in the plymouth to something more freeway friendly. the rear end has a removable center section, any chance i can find a center section with higher gears to bolt in? 3.50's to 3.70's would be killer. anybody know what years they interchange? is a gear ratio like that even availible for these cars?

[Germ]

BLAME FLORIDA,,,,, HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[rickyracer1962]

check this puto.

[tokyo]

hey ricky, where is the generator? that does look nice by the way.

[Germ]

I saw that shit man, it looks bitching,,

did you se that mirror I made with the swastika out of cocaine, for that art project.
It won

[rickyracer1962]

it won??? hahahah. i didnt even think they would allow it!
TOKYO- the generator mounts low on the driver's side

[tokyo]

thanks. now i know.

[Germ]

yeah dude it won second place in that photo deal

[rickyracer1962]

i bet they thought it was sugar!

[4woody]

I think VAP has the ring and pinion, but not cheap. My neighbor just put a whole Ford rear in his Ply. I've got his old one, but it is only a 3.90. Might end up being available if it is any improvement for you.

[Radshit]

Nice Plymouth..........that engine is too purty!

[Germ]

yeah heres an old one.

[Germ]

fag

[rickyracer1962]

whos paints their motors yellow?

[Radshit]

That intake is REALLy......purty.

[rickyracer1962]

4 WOODY- any info about the rear end swap? what ford rear did he use? how much work did it take to put in?

[4gotn1]

I think that F-body chryslers will work with modified perches. That will be Aspens and Volares of the late 70's. Then you can get gears in the 2.7 range. I'll check my reference to see.

[SamIyam]

Check out A body and EARLY B-body Mopars... chin'gato...
Sa.

[Crease]

75' Cordoba rear end fits real nice in my 40' Dodge. It's been so long since I messed with it I cant even remember what the original drive shaft looked like. You do have to make adapter plates for the perches.

E mail me if you need more info.

Crease
Barons So Tex

[rickyracer1962]

crease sent you email, sam i've heard about the a & b bodies, but you never see them in wrecking yards around here.

[justinm]

Nice with a capital N homes.

i remeber when i had my plymouth- everyone was telling me to find an overdrive trans. i know they're popular and spendy now though. you probably gotta floor shift in there too and wanna keep that huh?

[rickyracer1962]

na, still a 3 on the tree justin. first gear feels pretty low, so i think i can get away with a little higher gear in the rear end. gonna be a long ride to billetproof with 4.13s!

[justinm]

peep this- it's from C9 from way back-----

As far as the rear end goes:
The stock Plymouth rear axle width is 60 1/8" measured outer drum to outer drum which is the accepted standard for measuring rear axles.
Pretty wide for a 50's era car.
Eight inch slicks will fit the stock fender wells and I'd bet that ten inchers would go in with a little massaging.
I did run a pair of eight inch slicks on a 51 Plymouth four door.

The half ton Ford pickups from the early 60's have a nine inch that measures 61 1/2" wide.
This rear axle is virtually a drop in with the only change I see being required a change in perch widths.
An easy one.
A little thought in wheel backspacing and you'd be in business.
The stock Plymouth wheel backspacing is 3" which is pretty close to a lot of mag wheels - at least the older styles, slots, spokes etc. - which come in at 2 3/4 and 2 7/8".
Since the rear wheel sits in a touch and there is so much room in the rear wheel well a reasonably sized tire on a 2 7/8" backspaced wheel ought to work great.

i know he's refering to a 50s plymouth- but i don't remember the older models being different as far as real axel goes- i could be wrong.

but it's another option.




oh and thanks Jay!!!

[SamIyam]

60 1/8"... go get a 9" out of a 72 or so Mustang... or an 8"... they'll be wide... and have the same wheel pattern as a mopar...
Sam.

[rickyracer1962]

ah... c9 to the rescue again. gonna shoot him an email.

[Retroline]

I had similar problems with my'50 Pontiac, 4.1 gears and epensive uni joints,swapped it over for a '55 chevy rear with 3.6 gears and over the counter uni's. It was worth the wrestle pulling it out and changing the saddles a little to suit,the only problem now is two different bolt patterns.
Swap it over for a ford bolt pattern type rear with hiway friendly gears.Nobody will see it anyway.
B.T.W , Engine looks bitchin'

[Humboldt Cat]

Bitchin' Plym! What year? There's one I found in nearby mountains, ditched years ago, mostly all there, am thinking it over (IF it's for sale). Don't see enough of them.