Yes, but if he throws in the gaskets etc all I am spending is time.

 

Would I need his rear axle too?

 

no, unless you have some lil POS that you want to get rid of then yes you have to have it or it wont work and his truck wont work without yours....but that is only if you have like some POS and he has a good one. but if you have a good one then keep it....

 

I have a Dana 60 and his is a 61

 

a 61? a dana 60 is just fine for what you are doing keep it!

 

Yep a 61 swear up and down. Its on the build sheet I got from Ford on my truck if it was stock equiped with a 460v8 they cam with a Dana 61.

 

Hey Bubba Redbeard...before you start calling people in the forum Lame !! I suggest that you re-read my reply!!!

and Even tho I have to sgree a 390/460 swap is a walk in the park!! I do beieve "IF" you wernt so delf centered and read my post you would have seen that I mentioned the L&L mounts..and L&L headers....either i frame or Fenderwell....

So dont come in here on your High horse and thinking because its a FE room...that knowone else knows a damn thing about the 385 series motors!! Because you might end up getting your fealings hurt!!

And I also read up on the article about a Dana 61? what Fu*kin year did they build those ?? Dana 35 , Dana 44. Dana 60, and Dana 70? But I'am a dummy as I'll admit..but I have never heard of a Dana 61? But at least I admit it!!

irvine SoCal I should have known better!! "IF" you wanna talk 460 based builds? PM me...this doesnt need to be in this room anyway!!

Russ

 

Dana 61 is actually a pretty common rear axle. Not necessarily in Ford trucks, but in Ford and Dodge vans they were pretty popular.

The 61 uses an offset pinion that allows the use of low numeric gear sets (3.0ish stuff) since the pinion head gets so big on those gears. You can use 60 gears with the proper carrier, or a ring gear spacer on the 61 carrier.

Justin

 

Well hoxii I'am glad you cleared that up for me.....As I have told a bunch of these guys on this site I learn and they can learn something weely!!! Thats new news to me....Thanks for explaining that!!

Russ

 

No problem. Actually, after doing some more looking, dana also made a front D61 for the 4x4 trucks that got 3.07's like the first gen CTD 4x4's.

Justin

 

when i said that no one told him to go for the 460 i was talking about the poll count. i do not know a lot about building motors but i have had both a 390 and a 460 and would never go back to a 390. and i am in the same boat as you are about the dana 61 i had never head about it before right now. oh i am sure that there are a lot of people that know about the 385 seires motors....and what does where i live mater? and anyways SoCal has some of the best car related stuff in the country!

But go with the 460 if you can come up with the $ you will be very happy and I would think much happier then you would be witht he 390...Theres no replacement for displacement!

 

If you would never go back to a 390 from a 460, then you must be rich because 460s at best are fuel hogs and at worse a nightmare.

 

well i am getting 10+ MPG and in a tow rig that works for me i run it on 87 octane and have all the power i would ever need...and when i want something wiht power i am not to woried about fuel usage i need it to have power....and a nightmare well i dont know what happened to you to make you say that but i have never had any problems with mine....but hey if you like the 390 then more power to you!

 

I also get right at 10 mpg not towing with my 460 carbed, recurved dist., 4" single exhaust, a C-6 and unfortunately with 4.10 rearend. While the 390 gets 13 to 15 and is hat rodded quite abit. The 390 has GT heads, 2 1/2" duals, GT intake and carb, reworked with dual stage power valve and rejetted, aftermarket "RV' cam, a C-6 and a 3.73 rearend. Oh yeah and all this with keeping the speed to 55 to 58 mph with both trucks.

 

wow that sounds like a nice 390 i wish the one i had was that nice....it still had the stock cab on it with points no less! yeah i got a C6 with 3.73s out back, i never get much over 55 60 MPH to high of RPM and then the gas gauge just drops off like there is no tomorrow! i think that if i could get the same power out of a 390 as my 460 has and get 13 to 15 MPG i would change it over......

ok sorry about the lame remark...i just was shoked that no one put down the 460 in the poll...well that was tell i relized where i was, the OP sent me a link in a different section to here and i didnt look to see where it was posted.