Cascade Crew

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject: Simited Llip!

Just picked up a 3.73 Posi Disc brake rear for the Berlinetta today!!

Let the fun begin!!!

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:

Nice! What are the gears that are in it now?

edit: never mind, saw it in your vehicle description - 2.73. That is going to be a real change for ya!

-Schultzy

Twilightoptics · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:06 am Post subject:

LOL

Chris, you even driven it enough to notice a difference going to 3.73?!

Xophertony · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:10 am Post subject:

BTW a rearend WILL fit in the back of a thirdgen for the record. Very Happy

Dewey316 · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:00 am Post subject:

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject:

Paul, no, I haven't....but the 2.73's are staying on the car until I can get a prop valve and junction lines for the rear brakes.

Tony....turns out the braded fuel line wasn't the source of the leak, its the mounting plate to fuel pump that's leaking. tried tightening down that 10mm bolt, but I'm afraid if I tighten it any more I'll bust the head off.

My dad has a low PSI sandblaster, so we may take it to his place next week and blast it W/O the brake hardware on. Then she'll get a couple coats of Anti-Rust primer and some Gloss black on her!

Woopie!! pretty soon this car will be shaping up into a moderately fast car as soon as I get the little gremlin's worked out.

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject:

LUCKY!!! I'm lookin for a set myself in the sometime near future. Where'd ya get it and how much? Good luck with the swap and such.

Thumbs up

~JAKE

blue89 · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:06 am Post subject:

what did you find it out of? I just hope its not a 4th gen rear.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:40 pm Post subject:

it came out of a 1983 Firebird S/E.

blue89 · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject:

whao, crazy. So those are the old iron calipers. I converted my 3rd gen rear with 4th gen calipers.

Are the gears still tight? I assume you are swapping the entire axle so you don't have to mess we setting everything back up.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject:

Gears are still tight...haven't been able to do a resistance test to find out if the Posi functions, but even if it doesn't, I still have a good gear ratio and the disc brakes!