Shortening a solid axle?

Jensenman wrote: They mention on a couple of sites that the offset housing can be a good thing because you may only need to shorten one side.

And IIRC it gives you a source of factory short axles!

MrJoshua wrote:

Jensenman wrote: They mention on a couple of sites that the offset housing can be a good thing because you may only need to shorten one side.

And IIRC it gives you a source of factory short axles!

There's probably tons of them out there too, I think it's the long axle the Mustang needs for a 5 lug swap.

Keith,

just to do a semi highjack of the thread, do you have any pics of the VW fender additions? The hot ticket is omni flares and I never thought of VW. Of course I should have as my wife's Cabby is sitting in the garage right next to the mg's!

Also if you do go with a Chevy rear, you can upgrade the MG's front spindles with Chevy as well. They are on alot of kit cars and I have a link for the DIY somewhere.

Keith, Jensenman, where are you guys documenting your builds? Keith I couldn't find the MG on your miata/rover site.

I live vicariously these days :(

I'm burning my pics to a CD as I go but no site. I may eventually start a blog or site so I can pass my pithy utterings (AKA diarrhea of the keyboard) and pictures of ill advised lunacy on to an unsuspecting world.

The MG is documented at http://www.slowcarfast.com/MG . SlowCarFast is the hub (har har) for my automotive projects.

The car's getting a full Miata front subframe complete with front spindles. I like the Miata geometry, I have a garage full of spares and this way I can share wheels/tires amongst four cars in the garage.

The VW flares haven't been installed on my car yet, but I have a set of fronts and they seem to fit pretty nicely. Here's the car that twigged me to it:

I want a rubber bumper BGT

Hey, Keith:

Call Karl Schaeffer in Ridgway - he's in the book. He had a '26 Buick rear end shortened in Montrose for his Galloping Goose project for the Railroad Museum, and can tell you all about how much it cost, etc.

Jim P.

Rubber bumpers looked a little funny on roadsters but it was better than most solutions to that particular piece of ill advised legislation.

They do look nice on GT's, though. I'd just about consider doing a conversion to a chrome bumper car.

Jensenman wrote: Rubber bumpers looked a little funny on roadsters but it was better than most solutions to that particular piece of ill advised legislation. They do look nice on GT's, though. I'd just about consider doing a conversion to a chrome bumper car.

My brother had a black '79 LE roadster and I always thought that the rubber bumpers looked good on black cars.

Like this one: http://www.mgcars.org.uk/pics/growe.jpg

My GT will NOT be undergoing a rubber bumper conversion, thankyouverymuch

Thanks for the tip, Jim. Looks like it won't come to any axle shortening, but Karl's a good resource I hadn't thought about.

FWIW, most S10 axles are 7.5". according to my good friend and S10 expert, the 8.5" was only used on V6 Manual trucks.

car-part.com lists the R&P ID so it's easy to tell which one you're getting. Although it lists them as either 7.625" or 8.5".

It's my understanding the rear end is the weak point in the Camaros... anyone else have any input on that?

ReverendDexter wrote: It's my understanding the rear end is the weak point in the Camaros... anyone else have any input on that?

I've read that it was wheelhop that breaks them. Whether that's true or not, I don't know. It sure as hell isn't going to help them.

I'm betting on the fact that the lack of drag slicks and a 1000 lb weight loss will help the rear end surviveThe fact that I own the Camaro LSD is a really big selling point. I don't tend to break drivetrain stuff (I autocross a turbo Miata with a 1.6 rear!) so I'm not too concerned about that. It should be plenty strong behind a stock engine, and the LS1Tech guys don't seem concerned.