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Ford 8.8 who's running c-clips eliminators?

I think a lot of people get lost in comparing the 8.8" and 9". While, technically, the 9" is a "better axle". That does not necessarily make it better for the application; especially when cost of entrance is taken into account. An 8.8" is easily modified and installed by a proficient DIY guy in a weekend and can be had with a number of gear ratios and with a limited slip plentifully for $150-200. A 9" is going to take a lot more dough and a shop putting it together for you to make it happen. To get one around the Volvo with and set up well is going to take a cut down housing set up by a shop, a pair of custom axles, a third-member with gears and a carrier of your choice, and a custom brake setup (iirc, not a whole lot of factory disc brakes compared to drums. A guesstimate of getting a 9" into the back of a 240 is $1000 on the cheap side of things, realistically more like $1500-2000.
 
A guesstimate of getting a 9" into the back of a 240 is $1000 on the cheap side of things, realistically more like $1500-2000.

You're right on the money with the estimate.
I priced this out last year through Speedway Engineering: http://1speedway.com/?route=common/home

Having a shop build a "drop-in" 9in for a volvo 240, with the aluminum 3rd, and a clutch-pack LSD was $1850.
Same width, axles drilled, and wilwood brake brackets, but no 4-link mounts.

But that's with all new parts, so not too bad. It's just $$$ right?

The fully rebuilt Toyota 8" going into the rally car was ~$1000 all said and done.

The ford 8.8 going into the drift car is about $500 so far, and that includes a new LSD and diff rebuild kit. Would have been much cheaper if the LSD hadn't been ran with a loose cross-pin for a while.
 
You're right on the money with the estimate.
I priced this out last year through Speedway Engineering: http://1speedway.com/?route=common/home

Having a shop build a "drop-in" 9in for a volvo 240, with the aluminum 3rd, and a clutch-pack LSD was $1850.
Same width, axles drilled, and wilwood brake brackets, but no 4-link mounts.

But that's with all new parts, so not too bad. It's just $$$ right?

The fully rebuilt Toyota 8" going into the rally car was ~$1000 all said and done.

The ford 8.8 going into the drift car is about $500 so far, and that includes a new LSD and diff rebuild kit. Would have been much cheaper if the LSD hadn't been ran with a loose cross-pin for a while.


yep, I'm at probably $350 for my 8.8 with an LSD rebuild kit, new axle bearings/seals, and a fancy cover for it.
 
Really depends on use, the nine inch is handy as you can have several third members set up for different tracks instead of trying to setup a Salisbury type rear. I doubt anyone here needs that feature really...There was a time that the nine inch was cheap and easy to find too around the time when 455 buicks and 472/500 cadillac and 428 pontiac engines were there too, and good luck finding a disc brake Lincoln 9 inch, they were rare 30 years ago. Some have argued that the third bearing was a crutch to fix a design flaw because the pinion bearings ended up so close together? But i dunno....and I thought i read somewhere that the height of the pinion I relation to the center line of the ring gear adds strength at the cost power to turn..but I can't revert either...Just give me the cheap stuff..I run a 12 bolt in the 65 and Dana 60 inn the charger..A friend of mine converted a full floating 14 bolt truck rear end to give lug to use in his 65 impala
 
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