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Old 02-24-2011, 09:09 PM   #1
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Drive shaft lengths

Are the 2 piece drive shafts the same lengths in small block and big block 2wd, LWB's?
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Old 02-25-2011, 01:34 AM   #2
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Re: Drive shaft lengths

No, due to differences in engine positioning, the shafts are not the same lenght. crazyL
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Re: Drive shaft lengths

Thanks. So the engine sits farther back with the 72 BB mounts?

This was the only thing I didn't mock up since I was using stock parts and it seems to have bitten me.
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Re: Drive shaft lengths

will probally b different yokes too as BB mostly used th400 and SB mostly th350 for auto trannys
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