Re: anyone using an 8.8 Ford in a B body?
[Re: DaveRS23]
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01/20/22 07:24 PM
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Ok so you had nothing of value to add. for Dave.
Thanks!!!
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Re: anyone using an 8.8 Ford in a B body?
[Re: 70rrclone]
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01/20/22 09:22 PM
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Make sure to check the pinion offset. I know one side of the housing is a lot longer than the other.
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Re: anyone using an 8.8 Ford in a B body?
[Re: roadrunninMark]
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01/20/22 11:37 PM
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Here is a good post for swapping into an A body. You probably can use most of the info and adjust accordingly for a B. I looked into this for an e body but I decided to stick with the 8 3/4 and upgrade the rear brakes to disc in the future. I will use the mopar action Jeep Liberty parts write up and save 50lbs over the drums... and also keep it all mopar. https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/8-8-swap.89918/ That's what Tony and Lucky did in the 5.7 Duster on Hot Rod Garage. Used a extra stick short axle when the shortened the one side. It they were u lucky in that the 373 gear was there and dusk brakes but did not have posh. They assumed it was a post and think they went spool.
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Re: anyone using an 8.8 Ford in a B body?
[Re: dart67]
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01/21/22 01:09 AM
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Hey, Russ. Where did you find the 8.8 ford rear? Junk yard? Marketplace?
Thanks, Kevin Local junk yard. Been dealing with them for last 14 years.
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Re: anyone using an 8.8 Ford in a B body?
[Re: Dabee]
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01/21/22 10:17 AM
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Most of them are 3.73 and some are even 4.10 geared. The disc brake years have 31 spline axles. I have had one in my Jeep for 16 years.
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Re: anyone using an 8.8 Ford in a B body?
[Re: mgoblue9798]
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01/21/22 07:01 PM
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So do you drive Mopars that have saginaw steering pumps? Yep. IF it came from Ma Mopar. The OP is free to put any cheap other manufacturer's parts on his Mopar that he wants. And here in the US we are free to express our opinion of it. Or do you believe that we are not free to express our opinion?
Master, again and still
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Re: anyone using an 8.8 Ford in a B body?
[Re: DaveRS23]
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01/21/22 08:26 PM
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Some of us still live on a budget. $200 for a 10 year old 8.8 with 3:73 gears and a limited slip and disc brakes compared to $800 for a 50 year old 8 3/4 with a 2:96 open gear center (if any) and shot 10" drum brakes, or a $200 wide width 9 1/4 that needs everything rebuilt, or any 8 1/4 with poor gear choices that probably won't handle the power, or a $2000 for an aftermarket Dana rear, pretty much bare, for something I just want to drive and have some fun with, doesn't make a Mopar supplied rear end very logical. The only useable Mopar delivered rear axle that would fit our old stuff from the last 20 years would have had to come out of a truck, those choices are not good, and most do not have matching bolt patterns, where the 8.8 at least has the 5 on 4 1/2" bolt pattern.
I'm a pretty hard core Mopar guy, but at some point you have to face reality. Gene
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