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Originally Posted by 01spirit750
Hey Corona
Nice work. I am concerned about your vette rearend, is it a Dana 36 or Dana 44 (automotive or manual corvette).
I read the post history and didn't see if you mentioned this?
The C4 automatic corvettes has a light duty Dana 36 and the manual transmission corvettes had the heavy duty Dana 44. The center sections interchange.
The Dana 44 was also used in the Dodge Vipers.
I have an 85 corvette with the stock 265 HP. I had installed a shift kit in the automatice transmission and after 4k of "spirited" driving I blewup the rear end. I replaced it with a Dana 44 and I have had no issues.
Chris
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Chris,Thanks. It's a 36, I have been looking for a 44. I asked a while ago, if the 36 would handle 580 lbs of torque. I didn't think it would. I had no intention of going with a big block, but there is a lot of room under the hood. I keep going back n forth...... Julian C.