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Larry Hill · 01-29-2022, 04:30 PM

My friend and mentor George Widuch always said :" If you do a bunch of stuff that can't hurt, it helps"

Little and lite is sometimes slower than big and strong. Two examples come to mind. Stock 8 3/4 Mopar rearend the housing is made of sheetmetal. It bends and twist. If your axle will not slide in and out easily more than likely it's bent and twisted. It will be a HP eater. Chuck Beach found out that a Dana 60 was faster than an 8 3/4. I backed to backed 8 3/4 vs Dana 60 at Indy on a Wednesday, when Indy was Indy, and the Dana was quicker, faster, and heaver than an 8 3/4. Longevity was way better with the Dana 60 the R/P lasted over 20 years. We have been known to put a few runs a year on the race car.

Hope this helps.

Oh all that stuff about listening instead of talking works. I forget, I do that a lot now, what race it was at but my friend Kenny Schindler pointed out a person that could help me. Kenny gave me very specific instructions on what to do to help me learn, "See that guy in the suspenders, that's Hot Rod Myers, introduce yourself and get him to start talking...........then shut up and listen."

01-29-2022, 04:30 PM	#31
Larry Hill Live Reporter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hickory, Ky Posts: 10,629 Likes: 1,919 Liked 10,681 Times in 2,222 Posts	Re: Sharing My friend and mentor George Widuch always said :" If you do a bunch of stuff that can't hurt, it helps" Little and lite is sometimes slower than big and strong. Two examples come to mind. Stock 8 3/4 Mopar rearend the housing is made of sheetmetal. It bends and twist. If your axle will not slide in and out easily more than likely it's bent and twisted. It will be a HP eater. Chuck Beach found out that a Dana 60 was faster than an 8 3/4. I backed to backed 8 3/4 vs Dana 60 at Indy on a Wednesday, when Indy was Indy, and the Dana was quicker, faster, and heaver than an 8 3/4. Longevity was way better with the Dana 60 the R/P lasted over 20 years. We have been known to put a few runs a year on the race car. Hope this helps. Oh all that stuff about listening instead of talking works. I forget, I do that a lot now, what race it was at but my friend Kenny Schindler pointed out a person that could help me. Kenny gave me very specific instructions on what to do to help me learn, "See that guy in the suspenders, that's Hot Rod Myers, introduce yourself and get him to start talking...........then shut up and listen." __________________ IHM Used Parts https://ihmusedparts.com 888-821-1817 Last edited by Larry Hill; 01-29-2022 at 04:33 PM.