85 Camaro Rear End???

[69C10@16]

Anyone ever seen or done a camaro rear end swap? What is involved in that? How about putting the disks from the front on my 69 C10? I seriously have no idea wut im getting into with this or if its even possible. It will take many long nights of research b4 i get to feelin like this is gonna happen. But I would like sum info. THANKS!

[69C10@16]

nobody? really?

[Morgsie]

Why would you want to? They're POS 7.5" 10 bolts... And just get discs. off a 73-87 GM truck, they bolt right on.

[69C10@16]

thanks for the info about the disks.....i didnt realize camaro rear ends were that bad....wut would u recommend for a rearend swap? keepin in mind that i plan on lowering it and i wont need hauling capabilities etc....

[68shortfleet]

What's wrong with the rear end that you have now?

[nightmare]

not only that, the bolt pattern is smaller. it's 5x4.75, whereas on a truck it's 5x5. or in your case, 6x5.5

[Longhorn Man]

small brakes, weak rear... no point at all.
If you have a 12 bolt 1/2 ton rear... or a dana, I see no reason to remove it unless you have 500+ horses.

[49m]

Im going to try to put an 88 camaro rear end in mine because It is posi and it was free. The are the same spline and lenght i can just change the axles. For the same bolt pattern

[69C10@16]

Well....mine is free too....but....I dunno. I think my theory wuz i have (if im right) a 1:3.73 rearend and the camaros wuz 1:3.42. I want it to be quicker from zero mph. I dont know. I doubt i do it. Just more crap that I dont need to do. I wanna lower my truck anyways so yeah....its probably not gonna happen. Wuts a cheap way to get disks out back? SOmeone above said I could go with 73-87 for the front and theyd bolt right on. Will that work 4 the back????

[Morgsie]

Free isn't necessarily better. Sounds like a make work project to me.

[49m]

Camaro coil springs make the truck sit lower.

[Morgsie]

Why not just get new lowering springs? Or if you are trying to save money, cut the coils that are on your truck now. Again, sounds like a make-work project, where you think you're saving money but you're really just wasting time.

[Jim_PA]

A 12 bolt truck rear has to be at least 3x as strong as the 7.5 from a camaro. Why do you want discs on the rear?

[arkracing]

Originally Posted by 69C10@16

I think my theory wuz i have (if im right) a 1:3.73 rearend and the camaros wuz 1:3.42. I want it to be quicker from zero mph.

3:42 (higher gear ratio) will make you slower off the line than a 3.73 (lower gear ratio, higher numerically)

if you do a lot of Highway driving then the 3.42's would be better. 3.73's are better for red-light racing (although the differance probably isn't as noticable as one would think between those 2 gear sets)