OOPS! I just realized I fat-fingered a key there- - - - -should have typed 9", not 8"! Here's a few ideas about building a custom-fit rear axle capable of handling a beaned-up big block Chevy:

https://www.quickperformance.com/Ford-9-Inch-9-Ford_c_37.html

Jerry


"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!