Tuckin15s

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My stock dif and axles are pending local sale, looks like I'm going 8.8 haha

Tuckin15s

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So I started getting the 8.8 ready to go together. A little back story on this dif, I bought it shortly after I got the car because of the weak difs these cars have. It's a 8.8 center section out of a 2011 Explorer I paid 60 bucks for has 3:73 rear gear factory ford traction lok and 31 spines axles all I needed was a Iron Lincoln or aluminium ford cobra case. Well after searching for months a mutual friend of the car group we hang out with said he had a cobra case lying around with new bearings seals and the rear case studed that he wanted to sell, so 120 bucks later I scored a cobra case. So far I am into a 8.8 for 180 bucks, the plan is to put new carbon clutch in the factory carrier and new side bearings.




Case all cleaned up

Tuckin15s

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Rebuilt the dif with the Ford racing Carbon clutch kit and fancied the rear case up.

jmilz28

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Purty...

lollygagger8

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How's this build coming along?

Tuckin15s

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Pretty slow due to side work. I could upload some pictures of some stuff today lol.

Tuckin15s

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Haven't done much to this lately so here is a small update. The catch can is mount, rockers are upgraded and a few other small odds and ends are done. I am possibly getting a set of dv8s 8.8 brackets for the rear then I can get the subframe back in the car and get it set on the ground. There isn't really much left to do on the car before I can start tuning it.



I changed the route of the fuel system a little, I was gonna do the dual dw300s but after realizing how much of a pain in the *** it is and would be very over kill for my car I will be running a single walbro with a aeromotive FPR and a ethanol content sensor in the return line.

MN_V

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Is your strut bar not clearing the lid? Mine clears by about 1/2" or so. I'm running CS black mounts.

Tuckin15s

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I'm running the same motor mounts, it clears when I bolt it down but I have to make spacers. Mine isn't a v2 bar though, its a base cts. Do you have a v2 bar?

Also Purchased some Dv8S 8.8 brackets off of hefftone on here. So the rear end of the car will finally be going back together I can't wait.

MN_V

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Yes I did get the V2 bar from gmpartsdirect. Surprisingly cheap about $90 shipped new.

54inches

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Looking great!

Tuckin15s

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That's what I should have just done. I did however get the base cts bar at a steal of 28 bucks though, so I decided just to make it work.

Tuckin15s

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Thank you sir!

Tuckin15s

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Got the 8.8 all setup and together, just waiting on my brackets to get them powdercoated and mounted to the rear dif.




Pic of the DV8S brackets I picked up, man I can't wait to get them and get some powder on them.

The weather here is getting a lot better and I have ordered almost everything to finish the car aside from axles (not sure what I am gonna do about this yet) so there will be lots of updates soon.


Thanks for looking!

jmilz28

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Pimp!

jcollege

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Love the updates the build is coming along nicely!

Tuckin15s

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Slow update:

I am waiting on my front dif bushings as soon as those get here I will pretty much slam the gas tank and rear suspension back in the car. I got the DV8S brackets painted and on the dif. Not a huge fan of red but the rest of my suspension parts and bushings are red so I figured I would make it match.

Tuckin15s

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Long over due update.

A lot of this stuff has taken awhile because I have had to do a lot of fabbing and making sure everything fits and sits where I want.























Thanks for looking.

BudRacing

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Looking great!

jmilz28

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Wow, pro level detail. Should pay dividends in reliability. Nice!!