8.8 rear end
10-25-2015, 02:12 PM
#2
theres a bunch of active threads in the gears/axle section on the 8.8 there is a guy whom I wont name because he is not a sponsor on the site that is making a fair amount of them right now.
To date nobody is yet making a fabricated 8.8 housing but typically people are buying junk/wrecked ford explorers for a couple hundred bucks , keeping the 8.8/posi rear and scrapping the rest ( end up with a 8.8 for free or close this way) or buying an explorer rear from someone or a yard parting one out.
Then you ship a set of axle tubes from a 4th gen Camaro along with the center section of the 8.8 ( cutoff the axle tubes as they are different lengths the explorer center is offset) and the builder will add the Camaro axle tubes to the 8.8 center housing and fabricate a torque arm mount on the housing then ship it back to you so you can have it assembled by your local guy , you would need axles and u joints to complete the rear. I don't know if the person doing the rears is also offering setting up diff/gears/axles etc... so they can ship you back a complete unit.
I am still watching the activity until I have the parts acquired to have one built myself , I plan to stick to stock internals so an 8.8 should be plenty tough for my m6 car - A4 is fine with the stock 10 bolt right into the 10's so I have no plans on rear swaps in my a4 cars.
Is your car M6 or A4 ?
To date nobody is yet making a fabricated 8.8 housing but typically people are buying junk/wrecked ford explorers for a couple hundred bucks , keeping the 8.8/posi rear and scrapping the rest ( end up with a 8.8 for free or close this way) or buying an explorer rear from someone or a yard parting one out.
Then you ship a set of axle tubes from a 4th gen Camaro along with the center section of the 8.8 ( cutoff the axle tubes as they are different lengths the explorer center is offset) and the builder will add the Camaro axle tubes to the 8.8 center housing and fabricate a torque arm mount on the housing then ship it back to you so you can have it assembled by your local guy , you would need axles and u joints to complete the rear. I don't know if the person doing the rears is also offering setting up diff/gears/axles etc... so they can ship you back a complete unit.
I am still watching the activity until I have the parts acquired to have one built myself , I plan to stick to stock internals so an 8.8 should be plenty tough for my m6 car - A4 is fine with the stock 10 bolt right into the 10's so I have no plans on rear swaps in my a4 cars.
Is your car M6 or A4 ?
