Jet c 6

[wayne]

Did ford have have trouble why did they use the cast iron tail housing on cj and a pi. I have a c6 but not jet will it brake.

[e philpott]

it won't break , not sure why they did that back in the day unless they were worried about young drivers and 428's ? It was short lived but enough made to drive the resto guys nuts looking for them

[FERoadster]

Kind of the same question. Why do PU 4X4 C6's have a short cast iron tailshaft instead of aluminum? I'm referring to the one with the flange.
Seems like aluminum would have been less costly.
Richard >>> FERoadster

[pbf777]

    If you wheel-hop it enough, it will break the aluminum tail housing!  garrrronnnnteeeed!     

     Scott. 

[KMcCullah]

I looked for a cast iron CJ/PI tail housing when we built the C6 in the F-100. Like Eric said, found out they are impossible to find. We had a short cast iron pickup tailhousing but using it meant we would have to build a driveline with a slip in it. From experience I know driveline slips are a weak point. So we used a long aluminum tailhousing and bought a chromoly slip yoke. Despite my best efforts to break it, or anything else for that matter, it seems to be pretty tough. 

[gt350hr]

  The aluminum tailshaft housing will endure lots of drag race use BUT as Scott mentioned , "wheel hop" WILL break it. Drag cars don't usually have wheel hop . street cars do.

[wayne]

I know all about wheel hop i had a 67 fairlane with extra leaf  and more clamps on the springs iT never would hop.The one time it did broke the front of the 9 inch shit pinon out broke the tail shaft and case on the toploader only time i lost whole drive train.