ok guys wondering what kinda rear end you guys are runnin in the s-10's with v8??? its just a thought that poped into my head. i got a 97 nissan pickup and was trying to figure out how much work itd take to put a 5.3 in it.

 

just depends on whether its a street truck/ daily driver or a all out race truck. i drive my truck every day and when i put in the ls1 in will have cal tracs

 

Try putting a narrowed 8.5 inch 10 bolt rear end in with it. The Nissan had a good rear end for a 4 cylinder, but thats where it stops.

 

The ford explorer 8.8 rear end is being used with very good results. The 96+ units come with disc breaks. Do a search and you'll find more info on this swap.

 

Fords are evil.

God
Made
Chevrolet

Over head cams are the devils handy work. Ford lost my buisness when the only mod I can do is FI for an effective HP gain.

 

several companies make a locker and gear sets for the stock rear-end it's a 7.5" I think

 

They're hard to find, but an 8.5" from a 98+ 2WD Blazer, I have one with disc brakes, the down side to this rear end is the gov lock, I'll probably be upgrading to a Tru Trac some time in the future

 

isnt that kinda dumb, when most people go FI for big power on chevy's anyways??

 

i just put a 8.8 out of a 96 Mustang in my S10. cut the brackets off and welded some perchs on it. worked great, but its a wide axle.

 

Im using a 01 blazer rear end. even though im mostly stock I run it kinda hard(heavy foot). had 150k on it when i got it on my truck. A friend of mine used the stock rear end with 4.11 and caltracs on his V8 S10 yanking the front tires off the ground. never had any problems with it.