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    Drop spindle problem-ball joint related

    Hello I purchased some drop spindles from a swap meet for my 1980 malibu. They were advertised as g body drop spindles. The spindles look exactly like stock except dropped of course but there is a difference in the ball joint holes on the lowers. The new spindles seem to have a larger ball joint...
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    Gm 10 bolt 8.5 carrier bearing preload

    Just curious what everyone is doing or recommends for setting carrier bearing preload.
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    Rear swap issues

    I picked up in 8.5 out of a 1984 olds Hurst to swap in got the old 7.5 out and started building up the 8.5 as it was all tore apart in pieces. The first problem was it was missing a pinion yoke so I got one from a gear place but for some reason the seal surface is much too large for the seal...
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    combo question

    Let me have it. What do you think of this combo.... 408 sbc ( bought turn key outta guys car) It's got ... Zero deck, stock GM crank, GM 5.7 rods, kb flat top hypo, edelbrock rpm heads ( think 70 cc chambers , 185 runners : has 6073 cast on side) 1.5 roller rockers to a cc xe 274 h10 topped...
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    12 bolt cross over

    Just found an ad for a 12 bolt out of a " early 70 s nova , tempest, Lemans". Looks like it has same mounts etc from ad but how would fit my 80 malibu
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    stall and gearing

    I have an 80 bu with a 408 sbc. About 450 hp. I have the converter out and rear gears out. I only run on the street but the guy who I bought the motor off of ran a 4000 rpm stall and 4.10 and it hauled. It was 79 stingray. I'm looking at changing my unknown stall of my converter to a 4000 as...
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    Distributor questions

    I am sure there is thousands of answers out there for my question but I want to turn to the pros for the right answer. I recently installed a distributor in my car. 408 sbc. I double check my timing marks and pointers are accurate etc. With distributor out( after using piston stop to verify...
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    LS vs 406

    I'm pulling out my 305 and looking to put something else in. I've got a clean magged 400 but need bored etc machining. Crank looks good but that's about it. I have an intake and carb and that's about it. Would be all street. Looking for 400/400. But before I get into a bunch of machining cost...
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    1980 malibu rear dif code

    Hello. I have checked the dif codes in this forum but just want to confirm what my 6ajk 010 rear dif is. I'm guessing 7.5" 3.23?