What rear end set-up would be best

revhead347 said:

That brace has to be welded onto the axle, and I'm sure it works great, but it's a little overkill for anything slower than an 8 second car.

Here is the deal with welding the tubes. I had heard for years that you had to put the axle in a jig to weld the tubes so that the heat would keep it from bending. Then I saw an article in MM&FF about welding tubes, and they had gone to the company that does the largest number of these 8.8 axles (PRS I believe) for one of their project cars. I clearly saw in the picture that they had the axle sitting on two jackstands and just welded all around it. Obviously curious about it, I called PRS, and they said they have done 100s of axles, and never once put one in a jig. They told me that as long as you go nice and slow, with a MIG welder you aren't going to bend a tube.

Kurt

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