This is where the frames are tied to a crossmember and on back to a set of ladder bars and coilovers.A six point cage has been installed to stiffen the whole chassis.The ladder bars are hooked to a 94 Explorer big axle tube 8.8 " rearend with 3:73 posi trac gears.
Blue thunder, I used the 8.8 rear because it was the exact dimension I needed to use the 99 fox pony wheels. ( NO CUTTING JUST INSTALL & GO )But with so many II's running the 8" rears and All the fox GT's running 8.8's , what is wrong with it? I used an explorer rear, and the tubes are 3-1/4" over the mustangs 3.00" I am not making the horsepower to warrant a bullit proof rear, but I do feel the 8.8 is a good one,if not better than say a GM 10-12 bolt.Blue Thunder said:Cool stuff, except the part about "8.8" should say "9", then it would be indestructible.
itsaMustangtoo said:Blue thunder, I used the 8.8 rear because it was the exact dimension I needed to use the 99 fox pony wheels. ( NO CUTTING JUST INSTALL & GO )But with so many II's running the 8" rears and All the fox GT's running 8.8's , what is wrong with it? I used an explorer rear, and the tubes are 3-1/4" over the mustangs 3.00" I am not making the horsepower to warrant a bullit proof rear, but I do feel the 8.8 is a good one,if not better than say a GM 10-12 bolt.
itsaMustangtoo said:Blue thunder, I used the 8.8 rear because it was the exact dimension I needed to use the 99 fox pony wheels. ( NO CUTTING JUST INSTALL & GO )But with so many II's running the 8" rears and All the fox GT's running 8.8's , what is wrong with it?
itsaMustangtoo said:Blue thunder, I used the 8.8 rear because it was the exact dimension I needed to use the 99 fox pony wheels. ( NO CUTTING JUST INSTALL & GO )But with so many II's running the 8" rears and All the fox GT's running 8.8's , what is wrong with it? I used an explorer rear, and the tubes are 3-1/4" over the mustangs 3.00" I am not making the horsepower to warrant a bullit proof rear, but I do feel the 8.8 is a good one,if not better than say a GM 10-12 bolt.
I hear ya' , I used to rebuild corvette rears and am not a fan of c-clips myself . I had a narrowed 9" w/33"x 19.5 mickey 's in my 79 pro streeter w/a stout 460.It wasn't till after 2 rears and alot of whining that I pulled the whole thing out and had a 2x3 box tubing brace welded accross the housing.This ended my whining rearend problems ( guess I was flexing it pretty good) All I am saying is the 9" rears cannot be a whole lot better without the proper mods.BUT they are alot easyer to work on.Blue Thunder said:I just have memories from working in a general repair shop and working on those 8.8 (7.5 similar?) type rears. Anytime I changed noisy wheel bearings, I either had to get a specific pair of off-set "repair" bearings or I had to replace the axles, since the bearings don't have inner races, they run right on the axles. I hated the C-clips, I hated having to lay under the car when I replaced the carrier bearings, spiders, or ring/pinion. Years of aggravation got to me, I guess.
A lot of guys are racing the 8.8s, and they seem to hold up OK when built-up or when in mild street applications, but I'm set in my ways.
I just thought I would see if I could sell it. I do not have high expectations. It is hard to justify what I want for it, for someone to just buy it( It is easier to sink the money in a car over time )But I will keep it and enjoy it if I don't sell it. I was just thinking I might like to get a 65 or find a nice original cobra or better yet a king !!PLUS I love the looks I get every time I drive it. I was just at a local show last weekend and was the ONLY II there, and got alot of good response.78Mach1 said:I thought we had seen pics of that front end before. Sorry to see you're selling it after all the time and work you put into it.
A 94 two wheel drive. I think the rangers are the same in width when I was checking. Only one problem- offset is to the right instead of the left. Small mods to the floorpan where the driveshaft and pinion flange meet are all that was required though. A mustang 8.8 would probably work( I think they are centered)but I could not find one.jeffnoel said:itsamustangtoo, what year exploder did the rear come from?
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