quick question...how strong is the rearend stuffs? live axle/irs?

my reasearch found that my 7.1" ring gear axle is a damn toothpick, esp with Tq (which 3800's have in spades...)
nothing stateside is a boltin swappable prospect.
only real option is a toyota bracket set and a ford 8.8 or the jeep narrowtrack dana 44 under my shelves....

then there's the lovely knowledge that toyota in their infinite wisdom...put smaller brakes on my 3,000lb wagon, than they did the 2000lb hatchback.

if this damn thing didnt look like a miniture GN wagon if you squint just right...id have taken a baseball bat to it years ago