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[sambo]

Wazza, what else has to be done to get those (Team 3? Vintage?) wheels under a Harrison? Commodore or Factory Five rear end?

[Wazza]

Originally Posted by sambo

Wazza, what else has to be done to get those (Team 3? Vintage?) wheels under a Harrison? Commodore or Factory Five rear end?

They're Vintage Wheels....
8.5 inch front
10.5 inch rear.

http://www.vintagewheelsus.com/products2.php

The knock off / pin drive wheels needed some room on the front to allow for the pin drive adaptor...so I had bigger front guards created for them..a bit of mucking around with the fibreglasser to get it the way I wanted...but all good now.

The rear width of the Ford Thunderbird I.R.S. is pretty narrow, which allowed a fairly deep dish wheel.

No other changes to the rear bits...other than the diff.
The diff I got didn't have L.S.D. , so I've fitted a "Detroit Truetrac LSD"

http://www.eaton.com/EatonCom/Produc...trac/index.htm

Current rear ratio is 3.27 / 1.....
I'll see how it goes with the 6 speed Tremec , before I consider any change ......not really much point in changing it to ...say..a 3.5 / 1 ?...until I suck it and see .

Cheers
Warren

[T.L.]

I have the same setup, the Thunderbird IRS.

I am also using the same rims, Vintage Wheels pin drive knock on's for that original look with a deep dish.

I didn't have the LSD rear to, so I went for the Torsen type instead of the clutch type or detroit style and beefed up axles. It's coming together nicely, and should have the same stance as Warrens one. It does look good, I haven't see the rears on mine as that has been an issue with the incorrect parts being delivered from Vintage Wheels from the get go.

http://www.torsen.com/products/T-2.htm

I am running 3.27 rear end with a 5 speed TKO600, so similar in many ways but slightly different. Should be good to see how they compare in the future.