I need a D60... unless I can find a D70 front :-P the reason? I have a 7500 pound suburban to motivate around, and the D44 I have in it looks as tho its seen better days. I don't know much about axle rebuilding, but I figgure if its not on the truck, it should be a heck of a lot easier to do... at worst, I'll spring the extra loots on a boyce equipment, or other rebuilt and warranted D60.
before you ask why I need a D60, when there are plenty of people with ancient suburbans that ran the D44 fine, please remember: all those had a lil 350 in them... I'm building a 454 to put up front to motivate this thing, and I need as much strength as I can get out of the drivetrain. I actually have 2 engine choices right now: the first is a 454 bored .060 over (468) with a low end torque cam, headers, and matched Qjet, putting out 298 HP, and 540 Ft/Lbs. the other is a stock 454, with a recent rebuild, that might get new cam components, and fuel injection, vortech heads, and the works, if I can get the money put together for it. one of those goes in the 73 K20, the other goes/stays in either the 77 C20 or the 73 C10 suburbans as my sleeper/tow vehicle of DOOM... this all depends on my assessment of the C-10, and how workable it is at this point. if the C-10 has a bent frame, and becomes a `no hope lost cause' then I'll strip its guts out, build up the 454, and put it in the K20. if the frame is not screwed, then I'll put new sheetmetal on the front end, and decomission the 77 C20, which has seen better days... (the frame has been twisted either from a previous accident, or from my leadfooted behavior, and semi built 454) at anyrate, I've only got until august to make all this work, so I gotta get a move on...
-Rich
My truck isn't ugly, you have a skewed sense of beauty
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