8 1/4 abuse

[74swangur]

How much power can an 8 1/4 handle in a big block, "street only" a body?

[mopowers]

I'd say with skinny tires, they would break loose before that rearend would.  With good traction, then you worry

[Dan-o]

plenty of 375-400rwtq vehicles outhere with posi/LSD 8 1/4's.  As long as you keep it under that, you should be fine.

[74swangur]

I should be running about 425 to 450 hp. I ain't lookin for it to hook up very well. I'd like for it to blow the tires off when I stomp it at 20 mph. Hope this holds up while I'm building an 8 3/4.

[12secaarcuda]

I heard that ine wheel burnouts will kill them. If you have a Sure-Grip, you should be ok. A buddy of mine couldn't break one in his 383-4 speed with nitrous Diplomat. He tried his hardest to break it before putting the 8 3/4 in. 

[74swangur]

I heard that ine wheel burnouts will kill them. If you have a Sure-Grip, you should be ok. A buddy of mine couldn't break one in his 383-4 speed with nitrous Diplomat. He tried his hardest to break it before putting the 8 3/4 in. 

  Somewhere here or on "for a bodies only", there was a link to video of a baracuda doing a hellasush burnout using an 8 1/4.

[Jim13]

Mine has about 40 passes on it but has a sure grip.  Going to put caltracs on it soon, I'll let you know how long it holds up.  I only have about 275 RWHP.