I posted a week or so ago about the rear brakes off this same car, a guy is parting out a '95 Lt1 f-body. I'm wondering if the entire rear axle (a 10-bolt posi) would work in the chevelle, if the mounting brackets were modified. Or maybe it would be more money/trouble than it's worth and I should stick with my peg-legging 34 year old 10-bolt for now?

Brian,

I don't even know if the length would be correct, but the mounting points are significantly different. The Camaro has a torque arm suspension and the Chevelle has a 4 link. The center cast pumkin is completly different for mounting. I would think it would be one to pass on. ;)

Those 10 bolts also wont last very long behind a lot of power either.

The only reason these rearends don't fly apart more often from the factory is because the clutches in them suck even worse than the rear end thus resulting it fragged clutches and usually not rearends.

I wouldn't doubt if the engineers designed it that way :rolleyes:

Just grab the backing plates, rotors and calipers off the rearend and run!

Don't pay too much as the backing plates are around $25 a side from GM, calipers (loaded with pads etc.) are $125 a side and rotors you can easily get from the local parts house.

Good luck! graemlins/beers.gif

Joe

Thanks for the info guys. I may spring for the rear brakes then if he will sell them, and forget about the rest.
BTW, I won't have to worry about destroying any rear-ends with my mighty 307 smile.gif They hold up fairly well though so long as you're not hooking up too hard at the track. I know some fellow LS1 f-body owners here that routinely cut 1.8 60' on the stock 10-bolt. From what I've heard, if you're getting below 1.7 or so with it, it won't hold for long.

I just ordered the HTH truckarm rear kit today, along with the matching springs and shocks for the front. I'm excited to finally get underway with my plans for the car.

72ssabody, you are right, they were designed that way. There is a restriction between the slave and master cylinder that slows the rate of clutch engagement. Drilling it makes the clutches survive, but the rears die that much sooner.

69boo307, I put a mose 12 bolt in a friends z28 a few years ago and as I remember it is WIDE due to the offset of the camaro wheels. check the width, bet it will be too wide to use anyhow....

thor27..about that clutch restriction, on my '02 Z28 I did the 'drill mod' where you drill out that clutch line restriction. it DOES make the clutch grab harder. I run only street tires on the car though, so I'm not too worried about breaking the 10-bolt.

regarding the axle, sounds like I'd be better off putting a posi unit in my old axle...I'm going to be running my 307 for at least a couple more years, and it isn't going to be breaking any axles.