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C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #15 –
Quote from: 50RACER;408568
What did you do on your rear brake set up?

 
Used ranger 10" x 2.5" drum assembly. Used Aerostar 1" wheel cylinders for some piston area and explorer light weight drums

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #16 –
Kind of a bummer that c-clip eliminators don't work well for cornering. I wanted to run a spool at some point for drifting, but that's not gonna happen without c-clip eliminators. Guess I'll be sticking with the welded 8.8 I put together for this year.

turbo charged 94 Cobra engine/440cc injectors/megasquirt /5 speed swapped (T5)/maxbox upper intake/70mm PP throttle body/AJE coilovers/2003 Mustang control arms/S.T. sway bars/ES rear control arm bushings/11" brake conversion/manual rack conversion/8.8 TC rear with rear discs and a welded diff/3.73 gears/PLX wideband/199mph speedometer/Aeromotive FPR/CNC hydraulic hand brake/cobra R wheels/....ect.

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #17 –
If you want to run a spool for drifting, then buy the 9 inch weld on kit that they have for the 8.8 rears.
Quote from: bryan163;408716
Kind of a bummer that c-clip eliminators don't work well for cornering. I wanted to run a spool at some point for drifting, but that's not gonna happen without c-clip eliminators. Guess I'll be sticking with the welded 8.8 I put together for this year.
Donnie
10 Second NA TBird
Fredericksburg Va

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #18 –
Quote from: 87 T-BIRD;408717
If you want to run a spool for drifting, then buy the 9 inch weld on kit that they have for the 8.8 rears.


I was hoping someone would chime in with a solution:D I'm assuming that will require custom length 9" axles to work with the wider turbo coupe rear. My other question is, are the 9" axles compatible with an 8.8 spool?

turbo charged 94 Cobra engine/440cc injectors/megasquirt /5 speed swapped (T5)/maxbox upper intake/70mm PP throttle body/AJE coilovers/2003 Mustang control arms/S.T. sway bars/ES rear control arm bushings/11" brake conversion/manual rack conversion/8.8 TC rear with rear discs and a welded diff/3.73 gears/PLX wideband/199mph speedometer/Aeromotive FPR/CNC hydraulic hand brake/cobra R wheels/....ect.

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #19 –
If you contact an axle company like Strange, Mark Williams or Moser, they can put together everything you need to assemble your setup. If you tell them you want a certain length axle with a 9 inch bearing setup and the 9 inch bearing ends for the 8.8 and a 31 or 33 spline axle and spool to fit an 8.8, they can.
Donnie
10 Second NA TBird
Fredericksburg Va

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #20 –
Good to know! That might be next seasons setup, since this seasons rear is all ready assembled. Might get it installed tonight.

turbo charged 94 Cobra engine/440cc injectors/megasquirt /5 speed swapped (T5)/maxbox upper intake/70mm PP throttle body/AJE coilovers/2003 Mustang control arms/S.T. sway bars/ES rear control arm bushings/11" brake conversion/manual rack conversion/8.8 TC rear with rear discs and a welded diff/3.73 gears/PLX wideband/199mph speedometer/Aeromotive FPR/CNC hydraulic hand brake/cobra R wheels/....ect.

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #21 –
Bryan, you should really look into an axle brace CHE has them for the mustang, I'm sure they have them for our 8.8's Doing the hard stuff to your axle that you do. Ive seen 7.5's and 8.8's blow the tubes right off of it. Its that little bit of extra security. it wraps around the pig and bolts to the bottom of the diff cover and also bolts to where the dogbone dampener is then branches out to the LCA mounts Its a pretty trick setup.

My buddy had a 78 zephyr he was hot rodding it real good after work one day slid it sideways and it bounced because he tromped it and blew the axle tube right out.

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #22 –
That's a pretty shagy piece of hardware. I'd like to get my hands on that girdle cover too.

turbo charged 94 Cobra engine/440cc injectors/megasquirt /5 speed swapped (T5)/maxbox upper intake/70mm PP throttle body/AJE coilovers/2003 Mustang control arms/S.T. sway bars/ES rear control arm bushings/11" brake conversion/manual rack conversion/8.8 TC rear with rear discs and a welded diff/3.73 gears/PLX wideband/199mph speedometer/Aeromotive FPR/CNC hydraulic hand brake/cobra R wheels/....ect.

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #23 –
Its pretty but welding the axle tubes to the center section would pretty much to the same thing if a person thought to do it during a rear end build.  The other part is having access to a welding rig and a welder that know how to do it correctly.  For me that piece would not work with a torque arm so its out of the question.  I think it would even get in the way of a panhard bar and would be a no go with a Watts Link.  Again, someone with these components would most likely have access to a welder and work over the rear end welding the tubes and putting on the nine inch ends.

I cannot stress to you guys enough to not run C-Clip eliminators road racing.  They may work for a duration of time but they will eventually start leaking and most likely when you least need it to happen.  Almost every manufacturer of them will have a disclaimer about street and road racing use.

Darren

83 351W TKO'd T-Bird on the bottle


93 331 Mustang Coupe - 368 rwhp

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #24 –
I thought  the same thing. I'll just make sure it's straight and weld the tubes when I have it out for the rebuild.

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #26 –
Those look nice and keep everything tucked up nice and tight.  Might even be able to make a torque arm work with them as well.

Darren

83 351W TKO'd T-Bird on the bottle


93 331 Mustang Coupe - 368 rwhp

C clip eliminator installation?

Reply #27 –
Why not just weld the axle tubes to the center section??????????? Been doing this for 40Years. Just saying!

The braces wont prevent tube twisting out of the center section. Tube twisting is a greater issue than most think and a wif of ozone and some sparks from a Miller will suffice quite nicely.

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