TheAMCForum.com Homepage
Forum Home Forum Home > The Garage > Transmission & Drivetrain
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Dana 60 or 12 bolt
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Click for TheAMCForum Rules / Click for PDF version of Forum Rules
Your donations help keep this valuable resource free and growing. Thank you.

Dana 60 or 12 bolt

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <123
Author
Message
Class Guy View Drop Down
AMC Addicted
AMC Addicted
Avatar

Joined: Jul/02/2007
Location: Arkansas
Status: Offline
Points: 969
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Class Guy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Dec/07/2020 at 7:26am
Originally posted by Photon440 Photon440 wrote:

While everyone loves to have a Dana60, the simple fact is that the Ford 9" has far more gear options available.  There's a guy on the mopar b body forum right now who is removing his Dana and putting in a new 9" for that reason.
This is very true.  The wide selection of Dana 60 ratios has gone away with the popularity of the Ford 9". Also, the least ratio I have ever seen for the common Dana 60 is 3.54, which may not be small enough if you are looking for highway cruising.

If it matters, a mechanical advantage of the Dana 60 is that it has the least hypoid distance (distance between the centerline of the pinion gear and the center of the ring gear) of any of the axles mentioned.  The Ford 9" has the greatest.  It takes more power to drive the Ford 9" because of the inherent additional friction.  The actual weight difference between all the rear ends mentioned is not more than about 20 lbs. if the assembly parts are well selected.  I put together a Dana 60 for a Hornet that weighed less than 160 lbs. with brakes using no exotic parts.  It did have a spool, however.

There is a lot of relevant information if you care to research. Start here: https://www.hotrod.com/articles/ccrp-0806-chevy-chevelle-rear-axle-swap/
Addicted to acceleration.
Owner and Admin for
www.classracerinfo.com
Back to Top
one bad rambler View Drop Down
AMC Addicted
AMC Addicted


Joined: Jan/09/2008
Location: On The Island
Status: Offline
Points: 2007
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote one bad rambler Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Dec/11/2020 at 7:53pm
A Dana 60 on the street is just eye candy....But nice eye candy at that...Lets face it a lot of rears blow from poor instillation....It`s only a bunch of gears what could possibly go wrong..lol
68 AMX 390 4 Speed,68 American,64 American 2 Door Wagon Altered Wheelbase,78 Concord Build 360,727,8.8
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <123
  Share Topic   

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 12.03
Copyright ©2001-2019 Web Wiz Ltd.

This page was generated in 0.141 seconds.
All content of this site Copyright © 2018 TheAMCForum unless otherwise noted, all rights reserved.
PROBLEMS LOGGING IN or REGISTERING:
If you have problems logging in or registering, then please contact a Moderator or