Just pull the brakes and axles out of it and swap it over tom your rear. The brakes are identical to the gt. The housing is not...but do yup need the entire housing?
no, everything in my car is stock, and in great shape. the axles will fit in my car out of the 7.5?
just the housing is different everything else is the same. Just use your 8.8 house and swap on the axles and disc brakes.
a lot of write ups on how to. very easy if you are mechanically inclined at all.
here is one site where i got a lot of my info
87-93* Ford Fox Body Mustang Brake Upgrades
and here is what you were looking for from that site.
The '94-98 cars rear axle shafts are .75" longer than the stock axles on the '87-93 cars. Be sure you note this longer axle if you are running 9" wide wheels because you will need the wheels with the extra offset like the M179 Ford '95 Cobra Rs (6.45" 36mm) -- which are now discontinued! You can use the 8" wide wheels without issue, but if you want 9" wide wheels you need to convert the brakes to use the stock rear track with Ranger axle shafts!
The V6 cars use the 7.5" rear axle. So the axle housing and gears will be no good to the 8.8" rear end, but everything else will! The '94-98 GT and Cobras use the 8.8 rear end with a 3.27 gear in them stock. Most yards will only sell the complete rear axle assembly presently. So if you get the 8.8 unit, just bolt that in. It will be a direct swap except the brake line fittings to the chassis will need to be adapted. You can also use the stock drum brake hardlines with 2 adapters at the caliper softlines to convert.
Remember that the V6/GT/Cobra all use the same axles, calipers, and brake lines. The axle bracket, rotors and pads (same pads as the V6/GT, just thinner) are specific to the Cobra.
thanks! youre my boy blue!
anytime. I am only useful once in a great while. I fall in the category of been there, done that, failed, did it again and had success.
I am putting together yet another 5 lug conversion myself. I am trying to go low budget though keeping drums in the rear. We'll see how that works out. LOL
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