Anyone know if there is a 10 bolt 8.5 inch rearend that will directly bolt onto a 68. If so what car it comes from thanks

71-77 nova.omega,skylark etc.

low rider,

I actually just had this same discussion in the below thread.
Hope it helps

http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=71327

I purchased a '73 Nova 10 bolt 8.5, but I have not installed it yet as I am going to rebuild it.

Nova, Omega,Ventura, Apollo rearends. Some 71's used the 8.5 some the 8.2, you'll have to check. All 72-75 used the 8.5. All 76-79 with factory V-8 used teh 8.5, the 6cyl. in 76-79's used a 7.5. All will bolt in.

I would have thought it was Nova (and such) 71 - 74?? I thought they got a wider rear in 75 when the body style changed... no?? Don't quote me on that, but that's what I thunk I heard.

I have a 8.5 from a 73 Nova in my 68. It was a direct bolt-in.

Robb

A quote from 69X11 on another thread:

"The only thing I don't understand is the whole the 2nd gen rear won't fit a first gen car thing. Yes you have to move the spring perches and shorten the drive shaft, but that's it. I have sitting side by side on my garage floor the original 8.2P out of my 67 Firebird and a 8.5 disc brake rear end out of a 79 Trans am. Both are completely assembled minus brakes and both are the exact same width from axle flange to axle flange. I have a 8.5 out of a 74 Camaro under my 69 and the wheels fit exactally the same as they did with the stock 8.2C axle.So my question is, which cars exactally had a wider rear end, becase it's very clear to me that it's not all the second gen cars."

there is an article in the Feb Chevy Hi Performance or Car Craft that details this swap exactly

A quote from 69X11 on another thread:

"The only thing I don't understand is the whole the 2nd gen rear won't fit a first gen car thing. Yes you have to move the spring perches and shorten the drive shaft, but that's it. I have sitting side by side on my garage floor the original 8.2P out of my 67 Firebird and a 8.5 disc brake rear end out of a 79 Trans am. Both are completely assembled minus brakes and both are the exact same width from axle flange to axle flange. I have a 8.5 out of a 74 Camaro under my 69 and the wheels fit exactally the same as they did with the stock 8.2C axle.So my question is, which cars exactally had a wider rear end, becase it's very clear to me that it's not all the second gen cars."


2.gen camaro rear is exactly 1" long. spring perches difrent. I know because I have 2. gen and nova rear in my garage also.