[Ed Wright]

Joe, I had straps I made, 1/4" X 2" steel strap heated & shaped to fit the top of the left bearing cap. I drilled mine for long 1/2" bolts for the caps after breaking the beating boss off once. I used long 1/2" Allen bolts, drilled all the way out the front of the case. I had to use the soft Zoom gear sets to keep pinions alive. Wish I could remember what ratio I ran. Henry's Axels & spools.

When they did away with Stock, and moved us to Super Stock, lower gears, bigger tires, more power, that would not live. After NHRA did that to us, I said "Screw them!" and put a '57 Pontiac rear end under it. Bolted right in. No faster, just didn't break. I put Chevy ends on the housing so I could still use my Henry's axles, Chevy brakes, etc. Henry's made me a Pontiac spool that used my axles. Had to have a new end put on my driveshaft for the Pontiac U-joint. You really had to know what you were looking at to see the difference. I did get some comments about it staying together. Nobody seemed to notice. Felt guilty, but knew it was not making me any faster.