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Topic: IDing a 8.8 rearend
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bfxcomet
Gearhead Posts: 617
From: Port Alberni, B.C. , Canada
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-07-2003 06:24 PM
   
I'm going to buy a 8.8 rearend. The guy says it came from a 88 mustang. Is there any physical way to id a 8.8 compared to a 7.5. Example amount of cover bolts, actual size and id tag.
Roger------------------
65 comet project
84 T-bird 302/C4 14sec street/strip
Made in CANADA built for speed
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 37258
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 03-07-2003 06:44 PM
If it has a tag, there will be a 88 or 75 on the bottom line next to the gear ratio.If there's no tag, since they both have 10 bolts, the 7.5 is shaped like a circle with flats at the top and bottom, while the 8.8 is square with rounded corners. I hope that makes sense. If you have a Summit catalog handy they show the gasket shapes. ------------------
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bfxcomet
Gearhead Posts: 617
From: Port Alberni, B.C. , Canada
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-07-2003 07:08 PM
Thanks Steve, the shape of the cover is what I need so I can id it easy.
Roger------------------
65 comet project
84 T-bird 302/C4 14sec street/strip
Made in CANADA built for speed
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1311
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-08-2003 02:22 AM
Also, all the Mustang 8.8`s have the brackets for the quad shocks welded to the axle tubes, just behind the backing plates. Although 84 & 85 Mustang 5.0 cars had the 7.5" rear with quad shocks as well, the older cars didn`t. ------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA Stocker under construction, 302 5 speed
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
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67coupe
Gearhead Posts: 450
From: dallas NC usa
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-08-2003 12:11 PM
i dont rember the exact measurments but the 8.8 is right at 10" from the top bolt to the bottom bolt and the 7.5 was around 8 1/2" top to bottom bolt------------------
Josh
67 coupe with 351c
8.41 in the 1/8
1.90 60'
at 82.03 mph
94 Explorer
30 model A currently rustbucket
in process 67 convt with efi 5.0 and t5
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