[Mike C]

Add a little more weight, a little more power, and a lot more tire and POW! The newer ones are a little better, but darn near everybody who ever put 100,000 miles on an S-10 Blazer put a rear end in it (and a rebuilt 2.8...) The engineering of the Camaro 10 bolt is insufficient for a truck. Just build the truck 12 bolt IMO. You can usually find good gears (3.73) real easy, add a posi and a disc brake conversion kit. Aftermarket forged axles are less than $300 a set these days. Yes, it all adds up to a lot of money but in the long run it's cheaper than building and then having to rebuild the Camaro axle.