1963 Chev Biscayne drive train up grade questions, need advice and parts

[NASTY 409]

Planning to install a 9" Ford rear end in my 63 Biscayne with four speed &482" stroker , or should I use a 12 bolt Chev??? need comments and advice, also would like to beef up drive shaft some how??? thank you

 

[tripower]

There are a couple threads by Rickys61 and yellow wagon recently. If you do a members search for those two you can read their experiences on the swap.

 

[23plumpt]

I did a 12 bolt and a mark williams one piece driveshaft in my 63 Biscayne. the motor is a 482 stroker/ with a tremec 5 speed. Motor dynoed at just under 600hp. I have had no problems setup runs flawless.

 

[skipxt4]

F-en Beautiful.

 

[poison ivy]

consider the ease of gear change, with the drop out pumpkin.

 

[Rickys61]

I put a 9" in from Johns Nine Inch Factory and an Inland Empire driveshaft in .. I'm thinking it's gonna solve my drivetrain problems...

 

[nomad59NZ]

I did a 12 bolt and a mark williams one piece driveshaft in my 63 Biscayne. the motor is a 482 stroker/ with a tremec 5 speed. Motor dynoed at just under 600hp. I have had no problems setup runs flawless.View attachment 42467 View attachment 42468 View attachment 42466

Woooooow that's some serious rear end work.
What does the rest of it look like!

Gav

 

[BSL409]

I have two of John's 9" rears in my race cars I did add to the upper brackets though

 

[NASTY 409]

Setups look great, what about 57-64 Oldsmobile? anyone running Olds 9.3" ?

 

[nomad59NZ]

Planning to install a 9" Ford rear end in my 63 Biscayne with four speed &482" stroker , or should I use a 12 bolt Chev??? need comments and advice, also would like to beef up drive shaft some how??? thank you

There are a couple threads by Rickys61 and yellow wagon recently. If you do a members search for those two you can read their experiences on the swap.

As Dan said, look at the following threads, great details.

http://www.348-409.com/forum/threads/lets-talk-9-rears.31564/
http://www.348-409.com/forum/threads/centering-rearend-body.32094/
http://www.348-409.com/forum/threads/rear-end-upgrade.30294/

But some will still argue that the original rear ends if set up correctly are good for around 500hp. This myself is what I'm sticking with and adding a 4th diff top arm and posi unit with strengthened caps

Gav

 

[MRHP]

Johns 9 inch and Inland Empire shaft in mine. Many street miles, and many wheels up 1/4 mile passes and no breakage.

 

[303Radar]

I did a 12 bolt and a mark williams one piece driveshaft in my 63 Biscayne. the motor is a 482 stroker/ with a tremec 5 speed. Motor dynoed at just under 600hp. I have had no problems setup runs flawless.View attachment 42467 View attachment 42468 View attachment 42466

Which Mark Williams drive shaft is that? Because of the length, I was expecting carbon fiber. However I really like the look of the alloy.

 

[23plumpt]

4" o.d. accu-bond 7075 aluminum

 

[yellow wagon]

I am impressed with the quality of the John's 9" however mine hasn't been on the road just yet. I'm going to be running the big Inland Empire driveshaft also.

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

Every drive shaft place can get the same components as IE. The only edge they may have may be more knowledge of applications on our cars. Not a deal breaker for me. Mine was made here in Iowa and delivered to my racing buddy at the track. What ever you do, buy once, cry once.

 

[yellow wagon]

^ Good advice there. And yes I agree, they just happen to have built (IE) quite a few driveshafts for our cars. But any reputable driveshaft builder could build the same or better and probably for less money. Inland Empire does build a very nice driveshaft that said

 

[Phil Reed]

I did a 12 bolt and a mark williams one piece driveshaft in my 63 Biscayne. the motor is a 482 stroker/ with a tremec 5 speed. Motor dynoed at just under 600hp. I have had no problems setup runs flawless.View attachment 42467 View attachment 42468 View attachment 42466

That looks gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love overkill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

I've been around equipment my whole life, repaired, and built heavy stuff. Sometimes folks have laughed at how heavy I built things, but they were always "Crusher Tough." There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over....been there, done that,......and I do realize in racing that weight will cost you time. But.....that don't make a crap if you broke on the way down the track. Or maybe at the line.....at Great Bend??????/////

 

[jdk971]

here in columbus ohio we had, it has been years a place that built shafts and reworked flywheels. i needed a drive shaft for a nailhead skylark 66.
all they asked was length and how much torque. i imagined they used diff tubes. jim

 

[models916]

The thicker splined or hardened joint in the center is the hard one to get by itself. Pretty sure I got one from Danny's years ago.