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Old 06-23-2009, 07:58 AM   #29 (permalink)
elhigh
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Josie - '87 Toyota Pickup
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I've done the rearend swap before, and he's right: it's a snap. I was only 17 and had access to hand tools only. Put the back end up on stands and get wrenching. It took me half a six-pack of Cokes and most of a sunny Saturday afternoon, but considering it was my first time working on the car myself, I think it went pretty smoothly. Careful eyeballing and tape measure work got the alignment really, really close to right on.

Get online and figure out if there's a VIN code that translates to a certain original axle ratio, and you can start crawling the junkyards looking for the speed you want.
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