Good to know. Did the front diff mount come off because the diff bolts broke? I upgraded my diff bolts and put poly bushings in to prevent that, so I'm curious.
No the front arms of the differential housing that mount into the chassis broke completely off the housing. Only the rear cover mounts were able to avoid snapping. The bolts were in great shape
Keep in mind, this is an aluminum housing and I'm not the first to snap one.Damn, how much power were you at and how did you launch when that happened?No the front arms of the differential housing that mount into the chassis broke completely off the housing. Only the rear cover mounts were able to avoid snapping. The bolts were in great shape
Around 700 rwhp and in terms of launch, it was as simple as stomping the throttle (automatic car). The track was prepped really good. The run prior to the breakage, I ran a 1.61 60' on Nitto 555R drag radials (3.15 rear gear). This particular run, it bit even harder but snapped.
Geez, I've never heard of this, what did you do to fix it and prevent it for next time? Now I'm worried about mine lol. I'll have around that HP in a few weeks and basically the same setup.
I bought an iron diff housing from Ford with a 3.55 gear already setup and installed it. The iron housing won't snap. I also upgraded the mounting bolts to 12.9 hardware from Steeda as the bolts are now the weakest link. So far so good, car has made several passes without incident.
Ok, cool. I'll check out that brace. Thanks for the tip.
