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<blockquote data-quote="redneckengineered" data-source="post: 613803" data-attributes="member: 503"><p>I can comment on this. You're not comparing apples to apples. The money you see going into the big 14 bolt front stuff is mainly wrapped up in knuckles and big 40 spline shafts and 2.5 ton sized CVs or u-joints. That's not exclusive to the 14, you just see people doing it on 14 builds because no one is dumb enough to spend $4k on shafts to install next to a weak ass 9.75" ring gear and 29 spline baby **** pinion. Now, you can step up to the new 35 spline pinion gears that Currie is offering but they are pricey and I think only available in 2 ratios and you still don't get the 3rd pinion bearing or strength that a 14 bolt offers. I'm on my 3rd set of HP 60 gears in a years time, and can twist 29 spline pinions on command. If you're not playing with big boy horsepower, then yea by all means get one of the new SD 60s and rock out. It's a great budget option. But it's disingenuous to compare one to a fully build $8-10k never lift 14 bolt.</p><p></p><p>I still personally think you could build a true budget 14 bolt front for the same money or less than one of these 60s if starting from scratch and be stronger in the long run but that's a topic for another time. And don't forget you still have to sink money into some sort of knuckle machining if you want decent high steer on these new 60s.</p><p></p><p>Dale has broken plenty in his 60, I don't go to the races but I've seen many a video where a front tire wasn't pulling. Probably axle shafts, maybe a R&P, IDK for sure. Bobby I know for sure was grenading R&Ps fairly often towards the end and snapped his fair share of 35 spline shafts before he finally went to a never lift 14 bolt front with big knuckles, big shafts and all the bling ****.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redneckengineered, post: 613803, member: 503"] I can comment on this. You're not comparing apples to apples. The money you see going into the big 14 bolt front stuff is mainly wrapped up in knuckles and big 40 spline shafts and 2.5 ton sized CVs or u-joints. That's not exclusive to the 14, you just see people doing it on 14 builds because no one is dumb enough to spend $4k on shafts to install next to a weak ass 9.75" ring gear and 29 spline baby **** pinion. Now, you can step up to the new 35 spline pinion gears that Currie is offering but they are pricey and I think only available in 2 ratios and you still don't get the 3rd pinion bearing or strength that a 14 bolt offers. I'm on my 3rd set of HP 60 gears in a years time, and can twist 29 spline pinions on command. If you're not playing with big boy horsepower, then yea by all means get one of the new SD 60s and rock out. It's a great budget option. But it's disingenuous to compare one to a fully build $8-10k never lift 14 bolt. I still personally think you could build a true budget 14 bolt front for the same money or less than one of these 60s if starting from scratch and be stronger in the long run but that's a topic for another time. And don't forget you still have to sink money into some sort of knuckle machining if you want decent high steer on these new 60s. Dale has broken plenty in his 60, I don't go to the races but I've seen many a video where a front tire wasn't pulling. Probably axle shafts, maybe a R&P, IDK for sure. Bobby I know for sure was grenading R&Ps fairly often towards the end and snapped his fair share of 35 spline shafts before he finally went to a never lift 14 bolt front with big knuckles, big shafts and all the bling ****. [/QUOTE]
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