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SVOconvLX85

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Jul 22, 2005

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I currently have the SVO rear end on the car now. I picked up an 8.8 5.0 rear for 50 bucks. Will my SVO axles and rear discs fit onto the 8.8 rear? I went to the brake website I found from here and they said that the SVO axles are 1.25 inches wider than 87-93 axles. Will this width affect anything or will I have to get ranger axles and if I do that, will my rear discs still fit?

 

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yea you will have a problem with the tires rubing the body if you do not bind the lips

 

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what axle's are shorter than the 87-93?

any of the previous years?

 

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Do you have the SVO rear already working well in the car? Just pull the brakes and axles off of it and put them into the 8.8 and everything will work just fine.

Brian

 

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OK thats what I wanted to know. A while ago, part of that big pin that slides in and holds everything together broke off and chipped part of the ring gear. It works fine but I wanted the bigger one that looks mechanically better than the 7.5. I also am putting duals on the car and I needed to move the brake line from the axle housing to where the GT's and later SVO have it.

 

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Once again, I was looking on that brake upgrade site and I was wondering if I should grab the rear disc set up off of a 96 V6 at the junkyard. Would I be able to use that set up on a fox style 8.8? Or maybe the four cyl. 7.5? if I use the rear disc set up, will I have to used the V6 master cyl. and e-brake cables?

 

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Jul 28, 2005

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with the 94+ stuff u will need some sort of master cylnder set up for disk brakes and u will need the 94+ parking brake cables and 79-98 mustang housings are all the same length u will need the short or long axle depending on which brake setup u have factory all disk had long axles and drum had short axles hope this clears some things up

 

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Thanks. I went and picked up the calipers and brackets and stuff. I need to go back and get the axles out but the way they set the car down is holding the driveshaft, so I cant turn it to try to get the axles. It was 50 bucks for the calipers and brackets. 15 a peice for axles.