hey guys i was looking at putting a fc diff in my 84 se, i was wanting to get the turbo2 one, ive been doing a lot of reading and i cant find any write up articles on it. has anyone done this or does anyone know how hard of a job this would be?

 

It's unpossible, if you mean putting just the diff in your existing housing. Much easier to get get a Dana 30 or Dana 44 or Ford 8"/9" or something, weld the appropriate brackets to it, and throw it in.

If you mean putting the entire rear suspension in... sure, just cut out the floor (removing several key structural areas along the way) of your car and weld in the floor chunk from an FC. You'll need to re-establish structural integrity. After all that work, you will have introduced to your FB the main reason why the FC is NFG: really crappy rear suspension.

 

I love that abbreviation. It's how I seperate hardware that's determined bad by the user or the tech at government surplus auctions or in dumpsters.

End users write "bad" or "broken" or "no good" on shir and it usually was just unplugged, cause it's usually fully functional...

NFG really means bad, or worthless... And sometimes I've even gotten that gear to work.

 

Yah, usually when I grab stuff like that it's not for the whole, it's just for some components.

I have a large collection of LED's grabbed from home electronics and appliances, for example. Lots of newer stuff (fax machines, etc) has surface mount LED's that can't be easily grabbed, but computer cases and keyboards are still a good bet. And of course, a lot of stuff conveniently uses 16-gauge sheetmetal for cases...