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Douglas Willinger
Sitting Bull
USA
139 Posts |
 Posted - 12 Sep 2018 : 01:24:03 AM
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If one is planning a car project build that would eventually include adding a Chevrolet 12 bolt, and casting numbers and housing stampings are irrelevant, is it better to buy a used 12 bolt assembly to have rebuilt, or just purchase a complete rebuilt assembly from a company such as Moser?
Am contemplating a 1972 Le Mans 4 door hardtop for a later project.
Eventually I would build a "small journal 455 HO" (1972 455 HO top end on a 1972 400 block with 4.25 forged aftermarket rotating assembly).
Most of these cars came with a 10 bolt which would be either a 2.78 or 2.56, the former being standard with a/c which this car had originally.
I have found for sale a 1965 Chevy Chevelle/Malibu A body 12 bolt in the $500 range, non posi with 3.07 ratio, which has an advantage as a 1965-1967 unit for being narrower to provide space for wider rear tires. And I see that Moser charges about $365 extra for this earlier application.
How would the economics of such a purchase, assuming nothing seriously wrong, measure up? |
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Economics of Buying 12 Bolt Rear Core
