I found a 7.5 gm 10 bolt with 3.73s but it doesn’t seem to have the UCA mounts
He doesn’t know what it came out of but it should still work with one of maguvers conversion kits right?
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I found a 7.5 gm 10 bolt with 3.73s but it doesn’t seem to have the UCA mounts
He doesn’t know what it came out of but it should still work with one of maguvers conversion kits right?
I would also consider just taking your car to a ring and pinion shop and see what they charge to install a posi and a gear and later on if you decide to add big power you can get a stronger rear, I did this with the 7.5 in my Monte adding an Auburn carrier and a 373 gear and it held up to my 496 BBC since it never hooked and later I sold the complete rear for what I had put into it and replaced it with a 9".
Man, your co-pilot with the pink earmuffs has got one serious look on his face! like, "Bring it! We gonna put a beatdown on yo' *ss!"
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She will !! Hey Utah 69 Hurst gave you some good advice, you need to sit down and decide whay goals you want to achieve and there will be plenty advice on the fourm as to how to get there. My car was built on a budget or you you can build something like 565 and others have. Good luck on your quest, you might want to gather parts and keep yours running till your ready.
1991-2003 Explorer axles work. The later of those years were disc brake. Anything after that was IRS.
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If it doesn't have the upper mounts it would be an S-10. (Those are a bit narrow for a g body 54-1/2").
But yes, we have a truss kit for that too.
I read somewhere else that I would have to shorten the drive shaft and the driver side axle tube Is this not true?
I had heard that, also... which is why I installed an 8.8 axle out of a Fox-body Mustang. It's the correct width, plus its housing has 'ears' for upper control arms similar to our stock axles. I used the Trick Chassis kit, which made installation very straightforward.
What year mustang should I look for
Still not sure what route I’m going just trying to do as much research as I can between work
You will definitely need to have some driveshaft work done, but you'll need that for any swap. But the link by Macguyver is a smoking deal IMO. The Exploder 8.8 rears are a cheap and readily available. Rebuilding a Ford stock Trac Lock and installing a new bearing kit is a piece of cake. This is by far the cheapest and easiest way out if you can weld on the upper bracket and setup the rear end geometry. Neither is remotely difficult IMHO. But this should be able to be done for well under $1000.
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