rearend question

[TheFox]

what size rearend would be in a 90 mustang GT 5.0

 

[Beasty306GT]

8.8

 

[TheFox]

what i thought? just wanted to make sure. how would you swap the gears if you could into a i have a posi 3.73 into a 94 mustang 8.8??

 

[dcurtis]

What are you trying to do exactly?

 

[bubba-dough]

Yes its an 8.8. So you want to swap gears from a 90 to a 94? Its much more involved than just pulling the parts from one and putting into the other. It will need a complete set-up which is a pita for the beginner.

 

[tacomatrx450f]

hmmmmm

 

[Aliate X]

hmmmmm

good reply

 

[TheFox]

well i was going to do a 5 lug conversion. but i wanted to go to disc brakes in the back. Is there a simpler way than putting in a new rear end???

 

[BigDanTheMan]

this is how you go 5lug and keep the rear drums:
5-Lug Coversion Kit - '79-'93 Ford Mustang
this is perhaps more popular, but much more elaborate and has rear discs:
Cobra R Disc Brake Conversion Kit - '79-'93 Ford Mustang

lastly there is the junkyard part swap option too which is out of my expertise of buying expensive stuff and having it professionally installed.

 

[tacomatrx450f]

do the turbo coup rear end swap, i done it by myself at age 18 just follow the some articles online pretty cheap, and easy.

 

[TheFox]

A thunderbird turbo coupe? What year?

 

[White88T-Top]

87-88 Turbo Coupe Thunderbird's. Automatics have 3.73's and Manuals have 3.55's. 8.8 inch rear.

 

[Adams91LX]

87-88 Turbo Coupe Thunderbird's. Automatics have 3.73's and Manuals have 3.55's. 8.8 inch rear.

i just did the swap a couple weeks ago. Its not too bad. pretty straight forward actually. I am just trying to find a set of rims that have enough backspacing now

it pushes out the wheels .75" on each side.

just pretty much start reading...
79-93 4 Lug Ford Fox Body Mustang Brake Upgrades

 

[Adams91LX]

do the turbo coup rear end swap, i done it by myself at age 18 just follow the some articles online pretty cheap, and easy.

hey in your sig you mention front cobra brakes?

what do you mean?

 

[White88T-Top]

it pushes out the wheels .75" on each side.

ewww

 

[tacomatrx450f]

93 cobra spindles, calipers, and rotor. it isnt that great of a mod, but its a hug upgrade to the crapy 86 stock brakes. i bought the parts from a guy parting out a 93 cobra a while back

 

[Turd Tops]

93 cobra spindles, calipers, and rotor. it isnt that great of a mod, but its a hug upgrade to the crapy 86 stock brakes. i bought the parts from a guy parting out a 93 cobra a while back

I think it's just the rotors that are diffrent on Cobra's. The spindles and calipers are the same as the GT and LX's.