Rearend question--yes I've searched

[FoxBodyGT]

How bout this?

TC rear for the 3.73 gears (can get one locally) and a v6 rear for the axles and brakes. Swap the axles into the TC rear use the sn95 rear brakes (rotors, calipers, brackets, etc).

Put the TC axles and brakes into my stock housing and sell it to someone.

I can get both axles for a total outlay of 300, then turn around and sell my 8.8 for a decent price--4 lug disc with 3.08 gears if that doesn't work, then just sell the TC stuff.

Now this is all built upon the logic that the housings (TC, Fox, SN95) are all the same width with only the axles being longer on teh TC and SN95.

Yes I saw on sn95brakes.com that said there was no way to do it other than redrilling the rotors, but why is that?

What is wrong with my logic? Trying to find a less expensive way to engineer a 3.73 swap with rear discs and 5 lug.

 

[v8only]

nothing at all is wrong with your logic.

My bro used a 3.73 turbocoupe rear, and an sn95 v6 rear. the v6 brakes went onto the 3.73 turbocoupe rears= cheap 3.73 and 5 lug disc brakes.

FYI, the turbocoupe rear is the EXACT same length as a fox mustang rear, it's the discs with the abs gear that make it .75 longer on each side. once you remove that crap, you'll find the rear ends are the exact same length.

if you need to retain quad shocks, drill EXACTLY 2 inches below the existing turbocoupe quad shock hole.

 

[jrichker]

Why swap the TC brakes for anything else? Use NAPA 86109 rotor (5 lug, vented, 4.5" bolt circle) and Maximum Motorsports MMWS-6 ,1/8" wheel spacer and you have 5 lugs with TC brakes. The spacer goes between the rotor and the axle to get the rotor offset exactly the same as the stock 4 lug rotor. The extra 1/8" isn't enough to make any real difference in the clearance department for wheels & tires.

 

[FoxBodyGT]

Why swap the TC brakes for anything else? Use NAPA 86109 rotor (5 lug, vented, 4.5" bolt circle) and Maximum Motorsports MMWS-6 ,1/8" wheel spacer and you have 5 lugs with TC brakes. The spacer goes between the rotor and the axle to get the rotor offset exactly the same as the stock 4 lug rotor. The extra 1/8" isn't enough to make any real difference in the clearance department for wheels & tires.

Can you provide references that this works?