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Re: FORD 8.8 REAR................
[Re: Sport440]
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11/24/14 12:18 AM
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San Antonio,TX
440W8 Duster
pro stock
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pro stock
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San Antonio,TX
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Take less power to run also.
70 Duster W8 motor.
1.29 60ft 5.79 1/8 at 120 mph
glide with 1.80 gear
@3170 lbs.
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Re: FORD 8.8 REAR................
[Re: 440W8 Duster]
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11/24/14 01:11 AM
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Utah and Alaska
astjp2
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Utah and Alaska
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5x4.5 bolt pattern, correct width with disc brakes for $200? Easy to buy and install. Simple logic for some people on a budget. Tim
1941 Taylorcraft
1968 Charger
1994 Wrangler
1998 Wrangler
2008 Kia Rio
2017 Jetta
I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!
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Re: FORD 8.8 REAR................
[Re: Quicktree]
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11/24/14 04:21 AM
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Park Forest, IL
slantzilla
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We used to do a lot of 8.8s where I used to work. One thing you always had to check was the tube ends. We found a lot of them welded on crooked from the factory.
"Everybody funny, now you funny too."
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Re: FORD 8.8 REAR................
[Re: Thumperdart]
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11/24/14 01:30 PM
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Weddington, N.C.
Streetwize
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The easy "hot ticket" to find is the 8.8 out of an Explorer that came with the factory Discs and a Factory Auburn 3.73 or 4.10 Posi. The explorers also came with 31 spline axles and with rear discs/Calipers you don't have to worry about C clip eliminators on a street car unless you're running 10.99 or quicker IIRC....unless you switched to drums of course (for whatever reason).
And you can both shorten the 59.5" width AND center the pinion by shortening the longer tube 3" and using 2 of the shorter side axles. You wind up with a 56.5" end to end which is perfect for A bodys and narrowed B/E's.
Not what I'd put in a track only car but for a street/strip car it's tough to beat, not that they're so great it's just that it seems what people are asking for even 'run of the mill" open 8 3/4 Hogs heads and housings is getting pricey enough that you might consider other options.
Stephen Daurity talked me into putting an Explorer 8.8 in my 66 Valiant Wagon, if he says they're strong enough that's good enough for me.
We're going to perimeter weld the axle tubes once it's all back together for extra strength.
Last edited by Streetwize; 11/24/14 02:33 PM.
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Re: FORD 8.8 REAR................
[Re: Thumperdart]
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11/24/14 02:19 PM
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MN
JERICOGTX
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I Live Here
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MN
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A coworker is running a 8.8 in his Drag Radial Mustang. Has a 632 BBC running 8.30's. I personally wouldn't run one at that speed, but it has held up for him.
Jeff
69 GTX
68 Road Runner
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Re: FORD 8.8 REAR................
[Re: Thumperdart]
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11/24/14 06:03 PM
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Frostbitefalls MN (Rocky&Bullw...
gregsdart
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Dom, I put an explorer 8.8 rear in my 65 street Dart. I found a 3.55 ratio rear with discs. Along with checking the gears, look at the axles for wear where the grease seal rides next to the outer wheel bearing. Also, there can be wear on the pinion seal area. There are repair sleeves to fix this for the pinion, and special bearings that move the seal for the axle problem. Be sure and grab the Metric bolts for the companion flange and also the driveshaft flange if the thing was torched off at the bone yard. That way you might save some $$ for a drive shaft build. The brake lines are similar and if I recall I used two passenger side rubber lines from an 8.8 and a couple of 1/8 steel lines from Auto Zone to hook to the stock Mopar single line from the MC. I would think the Explorer axle tubes are plenty stout, and memory serves me right they are 3 1/4 inch diameter. You might want to weld them to the center section though, just for grins, or if you run slicks.
Be sure and spend the $$ for the best rear you can find, as I didn't, and the repair costs added up real fast.
8.582, 160.18 mph best, 2905 lbs 549, indy 572-13, alky
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Re: FORD 8.8 REAR................
[Re: gregsdart]
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11/24/14 08:10 PM
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Sydney,Australia
tex013
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Sydney,Australia
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a lot of guys down here are using Toyota Hilux ute diffs . Supposed to be a poor mans 9" . Lots of ratio choices and aftermarket parts .
5 x 4.5" pattern too .
Tex
New best ET 10.259@129.65 .
New best MPH 130.94
Finally fitted a solid cam,
stepped it up a bit more
3690lbs through the mufflers
New World block 3780lbs 10.278@130.80 . Wowser 10.253@130.24 footbraking from 1500rpm
Power by Tex's Automotive
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