Ok...good move then...a lot of people want to swap out an 8" for an 8.8 and unless you are grunting out over 400 horses and beating it to death every weekend at the track, the 8" should hold up fine....but surely someone on here will be able to help you out with that info....unfortunately thats not me, good luck with your conversion!
I know a lot of people say to keep the 8" but I am also thinking of going with an 8.8. I think that with an 8.8 you can find a decent newer rear end with 3.55 or 3.73 gears, limited slip, and disc brakes for cheaper than it would take to fix up the 8". I could be wrong though. I am interested in what others think.
I guess that just depends on what you wanted out of your rear, im not ever going to road race my car, so the factory rear drums are more than adequate. I guess it just depends also on what 8.8 you find...if you find one with some desirable gears and limited slip and could get it for a couple hundred bucks then i could see doing a swap, provided you have the skills/tools to do the swap yourself without having to pay someone to fab it up for you. The 8.8 is a great rear end, i would imagine if I found the right combo for the right price I might would do the swap myself...i have those dinky 2.79 gears and one tire fire and I definately want to fix that soon, but its going to cost me 700 bucks to do that with a new posi, gears, and a bearing kit.
pulled the trigger on the 8.8. hopefully it works out. if not, back to the drawing board.
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