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Fox Mustang 8.8

Due to all cougar 8.8s being over 300 miles away and me having to ask someone to haul it for me its sadly out of the question so what all is needed to swap in a mustang 8.8?
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Fox Mustang 8.8

Reply #1 –
In my 84 Cougar, all I did was bolt in the 8.8 from my 88 LX Stang donor car  and reuse the axles,brakes and drums from the 7.5.
84 COUGAR/90 HO, 1.7RRs, performer RPM,700DP, equal length shorties, stainless EXH ,T-5,Hurst pro-billet, KC clutch, 8.8/ 4.10s, line-lok, bla ,bla, bla.
71 COMET/289,351w heads, 12.5 TRWs, 750DP, Liberty TL, 9"/6.00s, 11.9x @112 , bla,bla,bla.

Never shoot your mouth off, unless your brain is loaded! ....I may get older, but I'll never grow up!....If you're not laughing, you're not living!  :laughing:

Fox Mustang 8.8

Reply #2 –
The 7.5 in my cougar is completely shot idk if the axles are still good could I just swap over all the brake lines and drums?
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Reply #3 –
Quote from: Moonmount;458413
The 7.5 in my cougar is completely shot idk if the axles are still good could I just swap over all the brake lines and drums?

What car do you have? We're not mind-readers. ;)
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo

Fox Mustang 8.8

Reply #4 –
Quote from: Chuck W;458417
What car do you have? We're not mind-readers. ;)

Yup.

There's a different answer to your question depending on whether you have an 83-85.5 car or an 85.5-88 car.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Fox Mustang 8.8

Reply #5 –
I really need to make a sig sorry guys 88 cougar 5.0
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Reply #6 –
Quote from: Moonmount;458420
I really need to make a sig sorry guys 88 cougar 5.0

In that case, no, you cannot just swap axles/brakes from your 88 7.5 into the Mustang 8.8.

Examine the chart in the post HERE
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo
 

Fox Mustang 8.8

Reply #7 –
dang i guess ill use wheel spacers what soft line do i need to adapt in the mustang 8.8?
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