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Old Oct 15, 2019 | 03:54 PM
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I need some help with my 8.8 swap
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Old Oct 15, 2019 | 05:53 PM
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I need some help with my 8.8 swap
Boy you are just a wealth of information, you gotta be more specific than that. That is like asking how high up is... When you have more info go to "Conversions and Hybrids " section..
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Only thing I need to figure out is how adapt the 7.5 axle tubes to the 8.8
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You cut them off the 10 bolt and weld them to the 8.8
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What do you adapt them together with being two different size tubes
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take it to someone who knows how to do the fab work
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Originally Posted by Cea21
I need some help with my 8.8 swap
I would strongly suggest purchasing yourself a Strange S60 and skipping all the headache of a pieced together rearend.
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Originally Posted by cookseyb
Boy you are just a wealth of information, you gotta be more specific than that. That is like asking how high up is... When you have more info go to "Conversions and Hybrids " section..
LMAO. Probably not going to get a lot of info from someone who doesn't use periods.... not to mention the lack of verbosity.
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Originally Posted by Cea21
What do you adapt them together with being two different size tubes
If you have to ask this then you have no business doing this kind of work.
I have a strong feeling you have no way to get the tubes perfectly straight before being welded together.
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If you have to ask this then you have no business doing this kind of work.
I have a strong feeling you have no way to get the tubes perfectly straight before being welded together.
You know that's right!
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