I found a 98 rear end complete locally with 3:73 gears for $120. Was sure I read here somewhere they would fit in a 56 Victoria but can't find it. Anyone know for sure?

Thanks

Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa

56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.

Perhaps someone could tell me the width (from where the wheels mount) on a 56 Fairlane rear. My manual doesn't say and I haven't been able to find it on line.

Thanks again-

Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa

56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.

I don't know, but my guess is that it will not fit without at least cutting off the 98 brackets and welding brackets that allow it to mount in your car. I doubt it will be bolt-in if that's what you're looking for.


Lawrenceville, GA

Width of all 54-59 rears are 57 1/4 inch, wheel to wheel mounting surfaces (goes for Birds too).

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

I have read in the Mustang forums that the center section on an Explorer axle is not centered and will put the drive shaft at an angle in the tunnel. Take a measurement from the rotor to the drive shaft flange to confirm this.

That is correct- the center section on the explorer 8.8 isn't centered in the housing. I just installed one in my brothers truck, and am going to install one in my Effie. I don't know the exact measurement, but if you need me to I can run over and measure it's offset for you. Let me know.

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

Grove-

That would be helpful. Not sure how much offset I can put up with and not hit tunnel. How did you hook up universal joint on driveshaft to flange on diff?

Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa

56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.

Old Y-Guy:     I've got an 8.8 under my '60 F100. It is 53" from calipher mt

              to calipher mt. and the offset is 2" +/-. Spring pads are 39" apart.

                    If you have a "Pull-A-Part" yard near you, you can buy a

              complete unit with caliphers for 68-78$ Plus, look for an "L"

              on the ratio tag(3:73L) and you'll get a trac-loc unit to boot!

                                           Hope this helps,

                                                Bill

Bill

Pelham,Al

It's offset 1 1/4 inches towards the passenger side. For a truck it isn't an issue, and on a car, you still might have the necessary clearance down the tunnel. Good luck.



Oh, and your second question- driveline to differential. The 8.8 that we installed is mated to a Tremec TKO500. My brother had a guy come up and measure the distance, and he's got all of the parts as well. It's going to cost my brother about $300. So, the answer is that I don't know yet, because I haven't done it on my own truck. But I will know in about 2 weeks.



Also, Bill's got a good point. The two 8.8's that we bought, we pullled from our local "pick-a-part" for $75 a piece. Including the rotors, calipers, and pads. If you look on the tag make sure you see the L in front of the gear ratio! L37 8.8 blah blah blah!

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

I found this online and thought it might help too. In case you don't want to crawl under the car and look at the tag, that may or may not be there, you can look at the driver side door code and it'll give you the same information.



Look at the diff plate:

Specs:

Code Capacity Ratio

43 Open 3200 3.08

41 Open 3200 3.27

42 Open 4.10

46 Open 3.73

45 Open 3200 3.55

D4 Limited Slip 3200 3.73

D2 Limited Slip 4.10

L73 Limited Slip 3.73

L - Limited Slip Differential

C - Conventional Differential



And even more codes:

41 3.27

43 3.08

42 3.45

44 3.73

45 3.55

47 4.10

72 3.08C

74 3.45C

82 3.08C

84 3.45C

85 3.55C

86 3.73C

87 4.10C

89 (1992-1998) 4.10C

89 (1999-2001) 4.56C

91 3.27C

92 3.08C

95 3.55C

96 3.73C

97 4.10C

F4 3.45L

F5 3.55L

F6 3.73L

F7 4.10L

K6 4.10L

D2 3.45

D4 3.73L

D7 4.10

R5 3.55L

R6 3.73L

R7 4.10L

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie