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Old 12-02-2009, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by T.L. View Post
It looks like a Ford 8.8 live axle diff from that one photo. There's a lot of info about them at places like Fortes and others. Used quite a bit in the US.

http://www.fortesparts.com/Modules.cfm

1/2 way down the page looks similar.
Nothing that exotic I'm afraid. That's a Holden Commodore live axle mad. Installed in thousands of Commodores till about the VT model when they all went IRS.

Looks like steel sub-frames bolt into the front and rear end for your suspension mounts and engine mounts etc. Gives a little flexibility for changing suspension designs without having to re engineer the whole chassis.

The rear looks to be set up with either a 3 link or 4 link with a panhard rod. Simple but can be made to work well with the right settings.

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