I was wondering, say the rear end IS a 55 or 57 Chevy rear and has 373's like the guy says. Will it be able to take the abuse of a big block? A guy at my church said that it would be able to. He has a really nice 56 Chevy and uses his stock rear he said and I think a 400 in it he said or a big block one of the two and he said his holds up good. Is this true or not?
If not and I go with a 9" rear then what is a good year and car to look for in a junk yard to get one from? My So Cal Speed Shop Chassis book says don't get one from an explorer because the disk brakes on explorers are HORRIBLE for hot rodders and to try and avoide them as much as possible.
Thanks again for even more info you guy's give me. I wan't to try and make a decision real soon on this because I know I have been tossing millions of ideas around and getting more info from tons of different people.