21-08-06, 12:20
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"Mr. Manual", sadly no longer with us
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ottawa ,Canada
Posts: 2,916
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Re: C8 ratio
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Originally posted by Mike Kelly
david ,
I believe you can fit a 4.1 ratio diff in the C8 housing , look around for a civilian 1940's 1/2 ton pickup . The original C8 ratio is 4.55.1 . As you said its from the 1 ton pickup , the 1 tonners had 17" wheels , the little CD8 has got 13' wheels on it . The 216 motor doesn't like high revs , so be carefull . it only has dippers on the big ends . 65 mph is way too fast .
The pickup diff will give you another 5 mph . I did the sums on this .
Mike
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Dave.
Your '50's Ford V-8's all had 4:11 rear ends...should not be too difficult to find ..
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