9 inch wheel size

[arue333]

I found a ford 9 inch out of a 78 lincon mark IV 28 spline, Disk, and it is about 1 inch wide on either side. Can I fit 17 in wheels 245 front 255 back and fix the fit with back spacing or should i just cut the axle and go to 31 spline. I do need to by a locker and switch the ring and pinion. Any advice or sugestions would be sweet! thanks guys.

I'm trying to build a 67 PT Camaro

[GregWeld]

Well ---- first.... in order to even hazard a guess - it would really, really, depend on what you were putting it in...

LOL


The tire size isn't as important as wheel backspace...

[arue333]

fixed sorry

[Apogee]

What are you going to do about the wheel pattern difference? I'm not a big fan of the Lincoln rear disc setups, not because they don't work, but because the rotors and calipers were obscenely expensive the last time I checked. By the time you modify the housing to fit your '67 camaro, add a locker of some sort, regear, buy new axles, rebuild the brakes, etc...it might not be that much more $$$ to just buy a new aftermarket Ford 9 built to your specs. Just depends on how much you plan to do yourself I would think as labor can be a killer.

Tobin
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[GregWeld]

Tobin --

I was thinking the same EXACT thoughts --- way too much effort and $$ and when you're all said and done - you've still got a bastard child...

[arue333]

I work in a metal shop and can do most of the fab work myself. And I was planning on just ordering rear wheels in a ford bolt pattern, or switching to 31 spline and just ordering chevy pattern axles.

[Apogee]

I work in a metal shop and can do most of the fab work myself. And I was planning on just ordering rear wheels in a ford bolt pattern, or switching to 31 spline and just ordering chevy pattern axles.

Since you work in a metal shop and are planning on cutting down the housing and replacing the axles anyway, I'd suggest finding a Ford 9" from a 1978-1983 F150 IIRC (E150's had them up to 1986). The F150 axles are 65" wide WMS to WMS and the E150 axles are 68" wide WMS-WMS. Do you have the fixtures required to reassemble the housing and get the ends true to the center?

The F/E-150 rear axles should be 31-spline already and Trac-Loc limited slips were quite common. The housing is the wide, gusseted design and they were commonly offered with either 3.50 or 4.11 gears with the 3.50's being the most common. You can put whatever housing ends on it that you like when you shorten the housing, although I'd probably stick with the new-style, big-bearing Torino ends and run either the SVO Eplorer disc kit for an economy option or something aftermarket, just depending on what you're doing up front.

The F/E-150 axles are far more readily available here in Oregon than the old Lincoln stuff or the even rarer early Bronco axles that all of the Mustang guys want due to their 58" widths. The roundy-round dirt guys seem to go after the E-150 housings for the width...but they turn up often enough.

Tobin
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