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Originally Posted by MAStuart
You are making a bigger deal out of it than it is. If you have room shim your trans up if you can 1/2 to 3/4 inch. Then adjust your pinion yoke down with your 4 bar. Make your pinion and engine trans centerlines parallel. Does not matter if your trans output is lower what your pinion input. There are a lot of cars that are setup like yours. If the working angle of the U joint is too severe you may need a shorter trans so your drive shaft can be longer. Look up what the working angle of a U joint is so you don't confuse it with your drive shaft angle or drive line angle.
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So you are saying it’s ok for the driveshaft to point “uphill” as long as I follow the rules for parallel (tranny and rear) angles (around 3*) from everything I read and to ensure the working angles are within the recommendations? I have read....
- (tranny and rear end) operating angles must be less than 1° difference.
- Tranny and rear end should be parallel and no more than 3°
- U join angle should be less than three degrees to tranny and/or rear end
- Drive shaft should have at least 1/2° difference between tranny and rear end to allow the U joints to work properly.
Please correct me if I have it wrong.
Thank you,
PJ