I know V6's had a good set o' gears in the rear, but after what year? I'm heading off to the junkyard this week, and I want to know if I can spot anything right away instead of having to wade around for a while :P

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1992 Camaro RS (Auto)
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Performance mods
NOS (100 HP shot)
Dynomax cat-back exhaust
Hedman headers
K & N open element/ X-Stream lid
MSD 6A ignition
Under drive pulleys
LT1 camshaft
Coming soon:
Edelbrock intake manifold

Audio
Sony Xplod CDX-M610 head unit
Pioneer 2-way 4x6 front speakers
Pioneer 3-way 6x9 rear speakers
12 inch Pioneer VCCS PRO subwoofer
QLogic sealed box
Kicker ZR360 amplifier
Lightning Audio 1 farad capacitor
Other
Macewen White Faced Gauges/Shift overlay
A-pillar gauges (Phantom oil pressure, Air/Fuel)
180* thermostat
Window Tint

 

after 88 or 89.

 

hey tas, brush up on your facts there bud........bahumet and tas go to the tech data part of this website and it has a list of all the gears and in what cars they were in.....bahumet- i personally would go with a fourth gen rear axle with 3.42's and a posi......they are plentiful down here and i like the ways the wheels will line up with the fender afterwards


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1991 RS LO3

some of my favorite quotes:

I do not blame stupid people for being stupid, what i do blame them for is for not asking smart people for advice. When ever my mom asks for help, i tell her, i'm the one who knows what he's doing, not you, don't question me, just do what i tell you to. if stupid people would just realize they were stupid, and consult a smart person for advice, before they went and did something stupid and got pregnant/got someone pregant, this ****hole of a world would be a lot better. - adam corola

Honda makes great performance cars - any scarcastic comedian

 

You're talking smack and you didn't even give him the right answer? Get a life. He was asking about when the splines in the axle increased, making the axle stronger. Do you know what a spline is? Do you know why the later ones were an improvement?
I just checked the tech section and didn't see the transition year listed, but after research I found that the '82-'89 axles had 26 splines and the '90+ have 28

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-Tas
'89 Formula WS-6

305, TBI, auto, 14x3 chrome flat based open element with K&N, Milodon 160* thermo, functional Formula hood, cross-flow Flowmaster, '99z28 rear pipes and tips....

To be installed eventually far far far into the future: Yours if the price is right and I don't have to ship :
Hooker 1-5/8" 50 state legal headers, Dynomax 3" I pipe (PN 44063 and 43248), Catco 3" cat, and injector spacer.

Super GRK_Taz World
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Hey, he was asking what year the rear axle got better. Not what set of gears were in it. You could have any gears in any year. But the fact is more splines can handle more power, so the 89 1/2+ axles are the BETTER choice. You can find any junk rear out of a 82 V6, but getting the 28 spline (89 1/2+) means you can pick up a posi-unit from SLP for $99 bucks, compared to a $350 unit from Auburn. The tech section says nothing about which rear-end is better, or when they got better. Flaming is becoming a really bad habit here. Just give your input instead of trying to put them down.

-ws6formula-

 

Thanks guys, and Tas, it's cool, ya don't have to get so mad

I WAS referring to the splines; I was wondering when it was increased. Though I might check out a fourth gen now, but I don't know; as long as I have little trouble installing it.

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1992 Camaro RS (Auto)
-
Performance mods
NOS (100 HP shot)
Dynomax cat-back exhaust
Hedman headers
K & N open element/ X-Stream lid
MSD 6A ignition
Under drive pulleys
LT1 camshaft
Coming soon:
Edelbrock intake manifold

Audio
Sony Xplod CDX-M610 head unit
Pioneer 2-way 4x6 front speakers
Pioneer 3-way 6x9 rear speakers
12 inch Pioneer VCCS PRO subwoofer
QLogic sealed box
Kicker ZR360 amplifier
Lightning Audio 1 farad capacitor
Other
Macewen White Faced Gauges/Shift overlay
A-pillar gauges (Phantom oil pressure, Air/Fuel)
180* thermostat
Window Tint

 

oh ok.....i dont see the word splines any where in his message.....sorry, damn tas...take a chill pill...yes i know what splines are....no i dont know when they got better or how they got better......i know a little bit but not everything about rear axles....im fairly knowledged in running gear (basic stuff) thanx for telling me about the 26, 28 spline thing...if i found a v6 axle from an 82 for cheaper i may have put it in...guess not now.....

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1991 RS LO3

some of my favorite quotes:

I do not blame stupid people for being stupid, what i do blame them for is for not asking smart people for advice. When ever my mom asks for help, i tell her, i'm the one who knows what he's doing, not you, don't question me, just do what i tell you to. if stupid people would just realize they were stupid, and consult a smart person for advice, before they went and did something stupid and got pregnant/got someone pregant, this ****hole of a world would be a lot better. - adam corola

Honda makes great performance cars - any scarcastic comedian

 

sorry nothing bugs me more than people telling me I'm wrong when I know I'm not. Like on the Jeep boards some hick was bashing Nissan engines when they win awards every year. Stupid things like that get blown into big deals for no good reason.
-Tas

 

Just as a side mention, you can bet money that ANY 90-92 (10 Bolt) WILL have the 28 splines.

 

You might want to check out the 4th gen rear like mentioned above. I got mine cheap, $325 shipped with disc brakes. Granted a 9-bolt may be stronger, if you're looking for 13's the 10-bolt will do OK.

I have a question about 26 vs 28 spline axles. If you have a pre 89 rear, if you were going to buy a SLP posi unit and gears, could you just put 28 spline axles in your rear and be ok? I have a friend with an 88 T/A who wants 3.42s, but he has 3.08 (I believe) gears now, which means he'll need the new carrier and I was thinkin' of giving him my axles out of my old rear, but if he has to do anything else it'd just be easier for him to buy a new rear...

Thanks

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Chuck Kulchar
1991 RS
Open Element w/K&N
3.42 - posi - disc
3" cat and Force II cat-back