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Well I was going to put a s10 rear end in my luv and probably still will. ...just to get a higher gear but anyways I was told that the stock rear end was stronger than a s10 rear end. I put it to the test. I locked it in first and let it rip!!!!LOL It turned both back tires down the whole dang road! I couldnt even see my buddy next to me! When I stopped I had no rubber!!HA HA HA It was great! moral of the story ...The rear end held up pretty good but I need the 3:73 posi lol not 4:56 non posi!!

In high school I had a friend with a 74 Datsun truck with a 302, Auto trans. and a non posi ford rear in it. Skinny tires too.
At 45mph he could hit it, it would kick down to 2nd. and re-burn out down the street forever.

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ha ha sounds familiar except for some reason when you nail it it always posi's out and goes down the road sideways at 45!lol

I don't think the stock LUV rearends are stronger than the S10 ones. I've shelled way more Isuzu rears than the 7.5's. The 7.5's aren't all that good either. Both will hold up pretty well on street tires, but just wait til you start trying to get either one to hook...

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the stock ones will hold for a little while, i have 10.5 inch slicks on a stock rear end with welded up gears it held so far, but i'm working on a 9 inch at the moment.have fun on it till it goes.

my stock rear did fine untill I got the slicks hot once and did a dry hop ..that was the end of that CTsLuv shoot me a p.m and I can help you with the 9'' thing.

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CT i saw Ratt Datty go 10.80 on a stocker . Seamed like he broke the driverside axle alot .

I had problems with my stock rear breaking the passenger side shaft on my old truck. I did have a good friend machine two full size chevy 6 lug axles down to fit and that seemed to fix the problem. I think the stock one will hold unless you bolt a set of slicks up.

Thanks,
Craig

i haven't made as far as breaking axles i'm just biting the bullet and doing the 9 inch thing and 10.80 is pretty good on a stocker,ratt daddy isn't easy on stuff that's for sure. hotrod what did you use for the mount plate that the u-bolts and shocks attach to or can i modify the stock one?

I have a friend with an s10 blazer with the stock rear end. The point is he has a small block 400 thats pushing 450 horsepower. Stock s10 rear end is in it.

yeah If my luv rear end goes out I am gonna try a s10 rear to save some money then when I do more to my motor I will do more to my rear end!
I am gonna weld the spiders up to keep it locked!

One problem with the s-10 rear end no one here has mentioned is that it is a c-clip axle rear end,if you break a axle you lose the tire&wheel and whatever body panel it was under.I would build a 9 inch

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Thats a good trick.

We had a 10 bolt diff and the bearing was held on with a press fit collar. They popped off on occasion. The commercial diff had a bigger wider collar. With a lazy axle behind the diff tack welding them on was a solution to counter the extra forces.


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Only crap thing is the 4.5" ford pattern.
Seems to be in good order, think its LSD too. The brakes need to be redone, im looking at discs.

Im working on the front conversion. Ive got 300x28mm rotors and big twin piston calipers. The rotors slip over the hub/studs and ive got a set of toyota drum hubs.

Just not sure which vehicle to put it in, ive got a Piazza (Impulse) here too that i could use. Gears are to high and i dont have a V8. I do have 2x 3.8 V6 From a Holden Commodore (so its really a Buick). Both have 700R's behind em but ive got a T5 and i might use that but i need to make an adapter or bellhousing.

Bob.

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I was able to modify the stock ones's by elongating the hole and using o'rielly's universal u bolts from the help section . I'll get you a part # . Here's a couple of shots .

thanks hotrod that will help me out. about how much did you have to elongate the holes and have you had any problems with movement?