Re: '80 Stepside LS9 build
We backed the engine up with a Hughes 34-1X th400 transmission, and a Hughes LS Torque converter (I cannot recall the part # off hand), sorry no pics of this prior to install.
The decision was made that the 12 bolt is no longer up to the task, so we called up Dutchman and ordered a narrowed 9" for it. They had a deal on wildwood disk brakes at the time so we got those also. When it showed up, I got busy assembling it. It was only narrowed 1" from the stock 12 bolt width. We got 3.70 gearing and a true trac diff in a strange housing. The assembly was very straight forward. I cannot say enough about Dutchman, they were very easy to work with and their stuff is top quality.
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