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| | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 65 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 65 | Anyone know what diff ratio a 1952 Car diff is?
I found some one selling the whole 1952 rear end including torque tube in my area and I was wondering if I could swap it into my 37 Chev 1/2 ton Pickup to get better top speed | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 |
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,097 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,097 | Not sure it would mate up to your transmission or if it is the same wheel base but a 52 car would have a 5 lug bolt pattern.
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1956 3100 Pickup/Red/350/3sp OD/PS/Disc Brakes
1957 Bel Air Sport Coupe/Red/355/TH350/PS/Disc Brakes
2017 Silverado LT Single Cab SB/Black/5.3/6 Speed Trans
1947 Willys CJ2A w/F-Head engine
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 843 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 843 | Den, I've been through that exercise: http://vcca.org/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/334876/1936_Chevy_3.55_rear_gear_convYour '36 PU has spiral bevel gears and the '50-'54 Car rear ends are hypoid so swapping in the gears is not an option. Swapping in the whole rear end probably won't work either because of differences in track, spring mounting method, driveshaft length, driveshaft splines not matching your U-joint and 5 vs. 6 lugs. You might consider a '37 car rear end and swapping in the gears you want. That will eliminate some of the problems.
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