Diff. Upgrade for a 1st Gen
02-01-04, 09:34 AM
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i wouldnt say "bolt on", but Eville140 did it on his car. but he fab'd up alot of stuff for it. the only real bolt on your going to get with changing the rear diff (or rear end) is if you upgrade to a gsl or gslse rear. which will give you a lsd, and the gslse will give you a 4.10 final drive and vented rear disks, but change your bolt pattern.
02-01-04, 04:33 PM
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Originally posted by Directfreak
Grannysspeedshop supposedly carries a ford 8.8 ready to bolt into a 1st gen, but I lost the link.
Grannysspeedshop supposedly carries a ford 8.8 ready to bolt into a 1st gen, but I lost the link.
$725.oo You will still need to get a diff and gears
From his site
"REAR AXLE UPGRADE Narrowed 8-3/4 Mopar or 9" Ford
Housing with Axles and attached brackets. Bolt-in
Specify width.......................................725.00 "
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02-02-04, 07:42 AM
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If you can do some of the work yourself, the 8.8" is the cheapest route to go. And one from a musatng will be the right width to go with se front suspension.
For my whole swap including the new driveshaft, panhard bar, rear end, welding wire/gas, pretty much everything. I would have around $175 in the whole thing.
For axles, the mustang axles are four lug, So I just went in between them with the 4 lug pattern that I wanted. Drilled them at home, tapped them for .5" studs.
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For my whole swap including the new driveshaft, panhard bar, rear end, welding wire/gas, pretty much everything. I would have around $175 in the whole thing.
For axles, the mustang axles are four lug, So I just went in between them with the 4 lug pattern that I wanted. Drilled them at home, tapped them for .5" studs.
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02-02-04, 03:39 PM
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Originally posted by Directfreak
Randy, do you have disc brakes on yours? If so - Which ones?
Randy, do you have disc brakes on yours? If so - Which ones?
But going with these you will need a different master cylinder and a proportioning valve.
Those two and the fact I want to run 13” rims with slicks is keeping me from changing them.
If you had access to a lathe or ordered different axle it wouldn’t be much trouble to get the stack Mazda disks to work. But is it was, the Mazda rotors where to small to fit over the axle flange.
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02-02-04, 07:00 PM
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The stock axles would work fine if you could turn them down some. The problem was that the mazda disk hat (on my gsl) was smaller than the axle flange on the ford rear. I thought about grinding it down, but it would of took more time than I wanted to spend.
If you ordered custom axles from strange or moser, etc. you could tell them what you need and problem would be solved.
You would still have to fab up your own caliper brackets and stuff, but after all the work of cutting of suspension brackets and figuring out where to weld them back on. The brakes would be pretty easy.
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If you ordered custom axles from strange or moser, etc. you could tell them what you need and problem would be solved.
You would still have to fab up your own caliper brackets and stuff, but after all the work of cutting of suspension brackets and figuring out where to weld them back on. The brakes would be pretty easy.
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02-02-04, 07:29 PM
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What size of master cylinder would be required for discs vs. the stock -SE one? A proportioning valve would be a must regardless of brakes, but they'd do sell pretty cheap ones at summit, among other places.
