I don't know about earlier 1600s, but the '70 rear axle has an
anti-tramp bar (track-bar)
On Apr 16, 2004, at 7:41 AM, James Cawrse wrote:
> You can do it either way. Its a pain in the rear(ha ha, get it) to
> take apart
> the rear end and swap gear sets, so I would swap the whole axle. The
> 2000 axle will have the track bar on the passanger side, so if you
> weld the
> bracket on the 1600 frame, you can put the track bar on the 1600
> and control some of the wheel hop during burnout activity. You will
> not
> be able to tell much difference from the 3.89 of the 1600 to the 3.70
> of the 2000, but the 3.89 of the 1600 would give you a little better
> acceleration, and also throw off the speedo a little bit, unless you
> change the little plastic speedo drive gear in the 5 spd.
>
> Bottom line, I recommend just swapping the whole axle. Weld in and
> hook
> up the track bar some day if you want to. Get back on the road and
> have
> fun.
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