Mustang rearend

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Mustang rearend

October 26, 2008, 10:32:07 PM

Hey guys its been awhile well I have yet another fox body question. Most of you will be glad to hear im not tearing up another tbird for the dirt track. The newest victim is a 87 mustang gt and i couldnt find a descent stang forum. How much power with the quad shock 8.8 hold? I bumped up to the outlaw class and have a 550hp(roughly) 383chevy with turbo 350 trans. I was told the quad shock would help with wheelspin and i cant find a company that sells just the brackets to put a 9 inch in the fox chassis. I plan to run a 12 inch wide hoosier sprint car tire on the rear so traction should be fine.

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Reply #1 – October 26, 2008, 10:51:53 PM

Now I know why my son and I can't find a decent body to do a turbo 2.3 swap into. They're all getting dirt tracked. Why not make your own brackets to mount a nine inch?

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Reply #2 – October 27, 2008, 07:35:33 PM

ive only seen 5 fox body tbirds on a dirt track and one cougar. just be glad you arent into restoring metric gm cars they have a great aftermarket just good luck finding a solid shell lol.

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Reply #3 – October 27, 2008, 11:33:49 PM

In our area, fox bodys areq quite prevelant on the dirt tracks. Everything from Lincoln MK VII's to notchback stangs. Makes me sad and mad.

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Reply #4 – October 29, 2008, 07:09:57 PM

Its not so bad when u think about it most of the guys doing it are getting these cars out of junk yards. Its just another way of using the car up personally I cant stand seeing them made into drag cars I think its a waste to put a car in a straight line for a few seconds. Just my oppinion but these cars belong on tracks with corners their a great platform to start with.