size of the rearend

size of the rearend

Postby lv383 [OP] » September 16th 2009, 4:30am

i have a 87 astro mark 3 conversion. i'm redoing everything myself except for the trans, driveline, and rearend. i wanted to know does anyboby know what size rearend comes in the 87, 7.5 or 8.5. i'm going with a 373 gear positive trac along with stage 3 trans behind a tpi 383 stroker.it's going to be show and go. thx
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Re: size of the rearend

Postby Mr_Bowtie » September 16th 2009, 4:33am

Welcome to the board! 7.5" rearend.......we wish they had a 8.5" rearend... :lol:
Got any pics of your Van or build? 8-)
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Re: size of the rearend

Postby lv383 [OP] » September 17th 2009, 3:20am

thx for the info pics will be coming soon :chevy:
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