Correct 8.8 housing?
Correct 8.8 housing? I'm looking at doing a ford 8.8 swap into my 89 camaro and wanted to check to make sure that a housing from an 86 mustang gt. I am planning on cutting the axle tubes off the camaro rearend and welding to the 8.8 housing if that makes a difference.
Thanks in advance
1fastrock
Thanks in advance
1fastrock
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Having swapped an Explorer axle under my '87 S-10, I can say how stupid that is. Sure, you get 31-spline shafts and discs, but the discs are small and non-vented, with the crappy internal-micro-drum parking brakes, and the Traction-Lock will fail even if you rebuild it. The housing uses 3.25" tubes you don't need, like an F150, and has other extra weight as well. The diff is offset, and the overall width is wrong. The stock shafts can't be re-drilled at home for the GM lug pattern. The smart money is to get the Mustang one, then order aftermarket 31-spline shafts already drilled for the GM lug pattern. You're gonna need an aftermarket 31-spline traction differential sooner or later either way, so may as well start with one, so no need for the Explorer junk. Even if you run 15" wheels, you can still fit 12" x 1.25" vented discs inside them, no point in the Ford micro-discs, which the Mustang shares with the Explorer. Do it right the first time.
You clearly have no idea what we've been doing. I've not seen one guy here doing an 8.8 using the Ford brakes. We all use the 10 bolt axle tubes or the big tubes with Racecraft brackets and 9" axle ends.
Having swapped an Explorer axle under my '87 S-10, I can say how stupid that is. Sure, you get 31-spline shafts and discs, but the discs are small and non-vented, with the crappy internal-micro-drum parking brakes, and the Traction-Lock will fail even if you rebuild it. The housing uses 3.25" tubes you don't need, like an F150, and has other extra weight as well. The diff is offset, and the overall width is wrong. The stock shafts can't be re-drilled at home for the GM lug pattern. The smart money is to get the Mustang one, then order aftermarket 31-spline shafts already drilled for the GM lug pattern. You're gonna need an aftermarket 31-spline traction differential sooner or later either way, so may as well start with one, so no need for the Explorer junk. Even if you run 15" wheels, you can still fit 12" x 1.25" vented discs inside them, no point in the Ford micro-discs, which the Mustang shares with the Explorer. Do it right the first time.
