Sounds nice Steve, like it might even take on the mighty Cross-Fire, lol. Glad to hear it's running strong, sounds like you have good plans for the car now and in the future. Headers and 3.42 gears will be nice and make a big difference I am sure, let us know what she does at the track, good luck.

 

i new it was a 14 second car, but nobody believed me. ok i'll give u a 5 second headstart. lol

 

Hey man,can you check with your friend and see what thirdgen rear ends he has?

 

he has couple of thirdgen 3.23 posi drums and disc. No 3rd gen 3.42 rear. He also has one 4th gen 3.42 posi, but i believe cadillac might get that one. what rear end do u want 3.42 or 3.23?

 

I would rather have a 3.42 but may end up taking a 3.23.I thought Mike was buying Terrells.

 

I just found a 9 bolt 3.42 posi with discs at rancho recyclers for 450.I think I'll pick it up saturday if I can't find anything else.

 

u can find 4th gen rears easy. from 94 up every stick v8 car came with 3.42s

 

Wouldn't I have to purchase new wheels too as the 4th's are wider?I haven't checked into swapping so I don't know yet what it would involve.

 

I'll take whatever I can get!

Terrell, where you at with your Z? Is that a "gov-lock" rear?

WTF is a gov-lock differential?

 

I've heard from folks (Tony!) that 9 bolts are hard to find parts for and maybe should be avoided.

Discussion here.

 

I've had 2 - 9 bolts and they weren't that bad.Gears and shafts on the otherhand might be a different story.If I don't buy one now then something will come up and I will have to use the money elswhere.I may just do a 10 bolt 3.23 disc rear.One of the yards up here wants 600 for a 3.23 rear

 

Holy crap! I would seriously consider a 4th gen rear if I could find one in the right shape and at the right price.

New driveshaft goes in today.

 

I don't want my wheels sticking out that far so I'll stick with a thirdgen rear.I can get one cheaper in Sac. or through Harjeets friend.

 

I'm OK with a little sticking out. For me it's all about cost for the upgrade.

 

I have no clue what a gov-lock rear is, never heard of it either. you talking about the posi of so its an eaton style. the rebuildible ones

rancho ripoff told me $400 for a 98+ rear w/o tcs and w/ any gear ratio I wanted, and thats disk to disk

caddy- just let me know if/when you want the rear and I'll take it off the car.

 

Is a month too long to ask? I'll have the money squared away by then.

Also, I have a friend who goes to Sac every other week or so. He said he's be cool with picking it up for me provided you are not too far out. What's yer ZIP?

Tony can tell us what a gov-lock diff is... (I think). This is all I could find on the subject.

 

I had a gov lok in my Blazer.It is just a cheap stock posi that explode.This was what happened to it.It was cracked all the way around and the mechanic said he had no idea what was holding it together.

 

Just bought my aluminum driveshaft and it will go in this weekend.I need to get the rear now.I hope it makes some difference in the vibes.I think my slip yoke is grooved too so that will help.

 

aluminum driveshafts are sweet, is it out of a 4th gen?

 

Right now it's just a 1LE - 93-97 one.I want an ls1 shaft but that'll wait till the 350 and I'll sell this one.

 

any luck with the torque converter?

 

I think it's still good but the tailshaft of the tranny has some play.With the driveshaft installed I can wiggle it a little bit and watch the slip yoke move inside the housing.Iam going to replace the bushing in the tailhousing,ujoints,install the aluminum driveshaft,and an es torque arm mount this weekend after I install the new tranny in my 4runner.

 

Way to go on the aluminum driveshaft Steve, I want one too, hopefully this summer or so. I too have heard the aluminum driveshafts will help with vibrations, that's why I need one too. Good luck, let me know how it goes.

 

I'm ordering up my Bilstein setup too.The rears are shot and the rear slops around.The fronts are good but...

 

which and where are you ordering the bilsteins steve?
i'm about to buy a set of those for the rear shocks to replace my kyb's.
the whole set is pretty pricey, my front kyb struts are okay for now.

 

hey steve u should look into some revalve bilsteins or some konis. The regular bilstein HDs are not meant to be on lowered cars.

 

That's what I'm going to do for now.I'm getting the rears from summit but I think I can get the fronts cheaper elsewhere.The agx's on the front of the car still ride nice but the rears just feel sloppy.

 

Neither are kyb's I've heard that the hd's are a great match for the pro kit.I don't know about sportline.I was thinking about switching the springs to the sportlines though.
http://www.eshocks.com/bil_veh.asp?M...rolet&Manf=All

http://www.shox.com/appguide/shoxsho...ctsdisplay.php

I may go Koni yellows though,they're a little cheaper.
http://www.spohn.net/category.cfm?categoryid=1067

 

hey hey be nice, i need some cheap shocks. at least teh fronts are adjustables. Go with konies. Hey steve when u gonna go back to summit racing?

 

Sometime before saturday.I need to pick up my centerforce dual friction for my runner,an es torque arm mount for the t/a,my shocks for the t/a,and a few other things too.Are ya coming up?

 

probably next week or so. Tomorrow im going back to newtech performance to do my drill mod on my clutch line and on saturday im going to get my car dynoed. To let u know the tranny and clutch feel great. In the next 2 weeks i'm going to do true duals over the axle. In order for me to do that, i have to buy a panhard relocating kit. Hows the car treatin ya

 

Where ya getting it dynoed?I would like to get mine done too.It's doing well,I have been driving it to work the last few days.It was -4* the other day so I am going to put a 180* stat in it for the rest of the winter to keep my ***** from receding from the chill.I just want to get rid of the vibration.It should be fixed saturday though,my driveshaft comes in tomorrow.

 

the dyno is at newtech performance in hayward. Was the vibration noticable when u test drove the car over here, cuz i dont' remember any vibration other then on the highway. Are u also gonna get rid of the tb bypass?

 

I don't think it was vibing then.I know it's driveline related though.The ujounts could be replaced,the slip yoke moves around in the tranny a little bit so I think the bushing in the tailhousing is worn.I had to put it all back together sunday so I will take it apart again this weekend and find out for sure.With the aluminum shaft,ujoints,and bushing,it should be fixed.The rear end is whining loud though so that needs to be replaced soon.The fuel pump stopped whining though I just yanked the vent off.It's supposed to let fresh air in the tank to offset the fuel used and it wasn't doing that.
Bypass is staying.