Anybody done this up front? I ran some searches hoping to find something, but couldn't come up with anything. I think this is the route i'm going to take with my 93 long bed in the near future...I'm still debating about it, cause i know this will be a money sucking project that will never end...Any advice or comments would be great, as i'm currently trying to track down a set of axles. To complement the package, i'm thinking a 350 or a 93-98 supra motor, 14b rear and 38sx's. Has anyone done a T100 SAS writeup of any sort yet? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

John

No, we're all still waiting patiently for either this guy in Alaska or this other guy in Texas to get on it... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/bird.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

What were your thoughts for a 60? Is there one that is within a relatively close width or are you talking a custom fab?

I like the Supra motor idea <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Another way and probably better route to take is with a true Hi-pinion 9" - It beats the hell out of a Dana 60 for strength while giving more ground clearance as a bonus. Check out this pirate thread.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/show...ef68086fa5b47a46&threadid=224952

explain how a 9" is stronger than a 60 <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

extra pinion bearing for one. trust us, it is stronger.

What about the ring gear, tubes, shafts, being a full floater. I know you can upgrade all those on a 9" but stock the 60 seems much stronger but heavy.

Also I would be more than willing to do a writeup on my SAS but I realy have no idea where to start. maybe people can give me ideas on what they wnat and I'll try to get something together.

If you looked at the pictures on Pirate, you should have seen the 9" was beefier - The ring gear is smaller in diameter but is considerably thicker, making it much stronger than the Dana 60. The Dana 60 pinion is 1.250, the 9" is 1.313, while the Dana 80 is 1.625 The axles can be made as beefy as you want - 35 spline is always nice. Here's another site that makes a complete 9" setup, the 3rd member isn't as good in my opinion, as the one mentioned on Pirate, but they pretty much address what the 9" is all about.
http://www.sunrayengineering.com/

Ring gear thickness has nothing to do with it. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Most of the strength advantages are related to the pinion.

- Its got the extra pinion bearing support (similar to a GM 14-bolt)
- Overall beef of the pinion (bigger, thicker)
- Greater pinion offset. This changes the tooth angle and increases the tooth contact area (spreads the load over more teeth at one time). It makes it work a little bit more like a "worm" gear that most other differentials.

The disadvantage of the greater pinion offset is a lower pinion (driveshaft angle and ground clearance), however if its the reverse-cut, high-pinion version in the Pirate thread, then it works just the opposite and gives you a higher pinion and driveshaft than other high-pinion diffs do.

I don't know why they said the ring gear thickness has anything to do with it. If that were the case, then lower gears (numerically higher), which natrualy have a thicker ring gear than higher gears, would be seemingly stronger, and we know they're not...