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Rearend swap...driveshaft swap??

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  • Start date Start date Jun 25, 2004
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68modstang

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In the long list of things to do to my daily driver it's almost time to do the rear. Because of the prices to do work on the rear it's got me thinking of upgrading. My 68 has an original 8in rear and I'm thinking of going to a 9in or perhaps 8.8in.(Currie is only a 1/2 hr away). Question is will I need to change the size of the driveshaft? I have plans to eventually go AOD, however I would love to hold off for awhile(money). If I need to shorten the driveshaft then my thinking is I'll do the tranny at the same time. Thanks for you two cents.
 

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I cannot tell you about the 8.8 swap, but the 8 to 9 is a different driveshaft. The 9 inch is larger and the shaft has to be shorter than the 8" shaft.
 
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On my last 65 I swapped out the original 8" for a 9" and used the same driveshaft, it worked fine. They both use 1310 U joints unless the 9" is from a Hi perfromance car or a truck.
 
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