Can someone confirm this rear end question???

[myclone]

Im talking rear diffs ya buncha pervies.. :razz:

A thread came up the other day about diff bolt in 10 bolts. Someone mentioned that the newer S trucks with the HO V6 had a 8.5inch rear diff. Is that true??

A bud of mine has a 2wd extreme with the "enhanced" 4.3 but the diff looks like any other 7.5 or 7 5/8 rear Ive seen..

Can someone confirm or deny that you can actually find a 8.5 in a later S truck that was put there by the factory??

TIA..

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[myclone]

.....and another thing. Whats the deal with the board lately??? It either loads PAINFULLY slow or not at all. We fixin to have another crash again?? Sometimes I gotta log off and log back on the net just to get it to load.

The other boards load fine for me so I don think its my IP or connection, but whadda I know... Im a puter moron.. Maybe another cookie deleting session is in order for me??

 

[GM TURBO]

myclone,

I can't answer your first question but I too was thinking the BB was a little on the sluggish side. I tried from my dial-up line, LAn connection and a server - all yielding the samething.

Back to the Xtreme - there was something brought up in the SyTy vs Spark debate on the nloc board. The Xtreme owner said he had a 5-speed behind a 4.3. I have never heard of a 4.3 getting the 5-speed. I also asked when I was looking at an Xtreme and the dealer (not that it matters) told me I couldn't get a 4.3 w/5-speed. Just wondering who is full of sh!t.

 

[Zac]

Dave--

I was looking into buying an extreme, and you can "order" a 4.3 with a 5-speed. I have never seen one on a lot with that configuration though.

zac

 

[GM TURBO]

After thinking about it the 5-speed in the S-Series isn't the fastest shifting transmission I have seen. I am sure numbers with a decent auto would prolly be about the same. In retrospect I probably would have ordered the auto - but who knows. Thanks for clarifying for me.

 

[Bobalouie]

If you order a s-10 w/ a 5 speed, you cant get the "enhanced" engine.

 

[Zac]

On 2001-12-13 09:00, Bobalouie wrote:
If you order a s-10 w/ a 5 speed, you cant get the "enhanced" engine.

What enhanced engine? Are they making more than 1 variant of the 4.3 for the S-10?

 

[Bobalouie]

Last time I checked, which was the 2000 model year, If you ordered a s-10 w/ the 4.3 and an auto tranny, they gave you the 200HP engine. If you wanted the 5 speed, you got stuck w/ the 190HP version. So not much difference, but that was all I needed to hear. I went for the extra 10 ponies.

 

[black91s10]

I beleive all regular s10's still have the 7.5 or 7 5/8" rear ends, WITH THE EXCEPTION of the ZR2 off road package, I have heard that they have the 8.5" in them...

Matty

 

[Tooky]

FWIW, I have a friend with an Xtreme with the 4.3 and a 5 speed, he does pretty well for himself (considering the vehicle), he runs very low 15s with the minor bolt ons like underdrive pulleys and exhaust.

 

[TurboTony]

Back to myclones original question. Yes the factory did produce an 8.5 rear diff in the s-10's.

I'm not 100% sure about what you had to order to get one, but I think in 2wd you had to order the 4.3, 5 speed, and zq8 suspension.

Also i'm sure all zr2 4wd trucks have the 8.5 as well.

Nolan knows for sure, he installed an 8.5 in his synoma.

HTH

TurboTony