cburge
11-20-2008, 05:45 PM
can someone tell me what rear end a 79 malibu might have came with stock,7.5 or 8.2 or 8.5?
zipper06
11-20-2008, 10:30 PM
7.5 garbage, in the Malibu's, and 1979 El Camino's. The biggest gear available is 4.56 and the rest of the housing/axles is still to weak to race seriously. I have both, but the 1980 Malibu now has a 9" ford in it.
Zip.
http://img40.imagevenue.com/loc787/th_52194_el_Camino_122_787lo.JPG (http://img40.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=52194_el_Camino_122_787lo.JPG)
http://img242.imagevenue.com/loc155/th_52200_Malibu_122_155lo.jpg (http://img242.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=52200_Malibu_122_155lo.jpg)
JEFF69Z28
11-25-2008, 04:38 AM
YOU COULD USE A 10 BOLT FROM A 86-87 GRAND NATIONAL,IT HAS A 8.5 RING GEAR.I USE ONE IN MY SS MONTE CARLO BUT I CHANGED TO 33 SPLINE MOSER AXLE'S AND SPOOL WITH C-CLIP ELIMINATORS.