Dana 60 question

[Steven moore]

I’ve got a 69 roadrunner, 440 with a 727 and I’m wanting to build a Dana and put in it. I ain’t got the money for a Dana out of a roadrunner, what would be the best thing to get a Dana out of to build? (Has to be a mopar)

 

[Rebelrouser]

I’ve got a 69 roadrunner, 440 with a 727 and I’m wanting to build a Dana and put in it. I ain’t got the money for a Dana out of a roadrunner, what would be the best thing to get a Dana out of to build? (Has to be a mopar)

It depends if you have to have the bolt pads for the pinion snubber. They put Dana 60's in a bunch of Dodge and Ford trucks, I just use the axle retainer for an 8 3/4, you can buy them without cutting one off an axle and cut the axle to the correct length, then weld the retainer on the truck axle, but a truck does not have the bolt pads for a pinion snubber. My race car dana came out of a ford truck.

 

[65hemi]

Consider an S60 from Dr Diff or Strange. I have one in my 65 Belvedere.

Strange S60 DANA 60 Rear Ends - Strange Engineering

 

[dukeboy_318]

I’ve got a 69 roadrunner, 440 with a 727 and I’m wanting to build a Dana and put in it. I ain’t got the money for a Dana out of a roadrunner, what would be the best thing to get a Dana out of to build? (Has to be a mopar)

I pulled mine for 200 bucks from a late 70s 3/4 ton dodge. Another 200 bucks to have it cut down, 150 for the right axle ends, 400 in axles and bearings. Long story short, you’re looking at 1000-1500 to cut one down.

 

[Vitamin_A12]

Seriously, unless you have the ability to modify the housing yourself, you’re going to quickly approach the price of a new S60.
I’ve owned and operated a driveline shop for over 30 years and am also a dealer for Strange. A used $200-300 rearend, a $450 pair of axle shafts, perches, possibly a gear set, new Powr-Lok or Trac-Lok clutches, differential bearings, yoke? It all adds up faster than you think. Besides, depending on the power you’re putting out, adding a pair of Caltracs to properly control axle wrap (since the pickup truck housing doesn’t have a spot for a snubber) will also be an added expense. Trust me, we have a pile of Dana’s out back that we accumulated over the years for building Mopar rearends, but when Strange came out with an affordable new solution, it just makes sense to go new. My .02

 

[65CopCar]

Seriously, unless you have the ability to modify the housing yourself, you’re going to quickly approach the price of a new S60.
I’ve owned and operated a driveline shop for over 30 years and am also a dealer for Strange. A used $200-300 rearend, a $450 pair of axle shafts, perches, possibly a gear set, new Powr-Lok or Trac-Lok clutches, differential bearings, yoke? It all adds up faster than you think. Besides, depending on the power you’re putting out, adding a pair of Caltracs to properly control axle wrap (since the pickup truck housing doesn’t have a spot for a snubber) will also be an added expense. Trust me, we have a pile of Dana’s out back that we accumulated over the years for building Mopar rearends, but when Strange came out with an affordable new solution, it just makes sense to go new. My .02

I agree. I have the ability to build one my self and I bought a S60.

You could get lucky and get one say out of a Ford E250 with the locker and proper gears then only looking at cost of axles. Otherwise just not worth it.

 

[6PKRTSE]

I have a Dana 60 out of a 1 Ton Dodge truck. I narrowed it, added new housing ends, built with light weight spool, 4:10 Pro Gears, 40 spline light weight gun drilled axles with 5/8" Studs, Strange Engineering low profile rear calipers, slotted and drilled rotors and studded girdle diff cover for around $1700.00. I run Caltracs and split mono leafs so no pinion snubber was needed.