Before anyone says anything, I did a search and it looks like the usuall answer is a 9",which would be great to me, but heres my problem. I need a rear end that is wide enough to fit on a fenderless 28-29 sedan that will be low slung and channelled. I already have my wheels that 16" steelies from wheel vintiques with the dual pattern 5.5/5.34 that will have 7.50-16 bias-ply tires. Is there a rearend that measures the right width that will work with one of those two bolt patters. I have a rear end that I thought would work that came out of an old Astro van(I think), but I just realized the center section is off set too much to work. Anybody have any suggestions.
your probably looking at an axle 65 to 67 inches wide. I have a 67 on mine and I think chopperman ran a 65. That distance is from the mounting surface on the outside of each drum.
Ya, the one I have with the offset center section is 66". what kind of car did yours and choppermans come out of?
It makes no difference if the cifferential center section is centered betwwen the hubs on a channels car, it won't ever be seen, and the side angularity of the driveshaft is of no consequence.
What I am worried about using the rearend I have is the tunnell size. I need the tunnell to be as narrow as possible to allow more room inside the car. I wouldnt have any room to put a passenger seat in it. It might also cause problems with the 4-link set up
How much ground clearance are you planning to have under the body at the rear wheels? I'm running a 9" rearend out of a 60's Ford Galaxie in my '28 sedan. It is 61.25" wheel mounting surface to wheel mounting surface and has the pinion centered. My car sits pretty low 3-4" ground clearance and the driveshaft runs right between the seats. I also had to run disc brakes with the caliper on the bottom to clear the body. The drums wouldn't clear the body. 8.90-16 tires on a 16x7 rim with 2" of backspace and now the tire clears the beltline on the body by about an inch.
QMOTOX, It sounds like I am doing a very similar build to yours. It will be close to the same ride hight as yours. I will be running 7.50-16 tires on a 6" wide Gennie rims from Wheel Vintiques. I wonder if the the difference in wheel and tire size would be enough to leave the drum brakes on and still clear the body? I would love to see more pics of your car.
Mine is out of a 79 chevy truck,not shure of the width,but I ended up having to put 1'' wheel spacers on it.Which would work out for you if you hafe to run 5x5 1/2 pattern,you could just run adapters.Just a thought
The later 50's Ford F-100s had decent width 9". If you need wider, then go with a later model 9". The late 60's-late 70's F-100s have wide 9" rears that usually work great under a rod.
RustDust 29...I put up some more pics in another for a guy with the same problem. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=339520
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