Like most of my other parts to this car... It came from a friend of mine. He had an unfortunate incident with the car and it caught fire. So as his car died, most of it now lives in my car.
I spent the better part of 3-4 hours cutting off and grinding smooth the old brackets. Then simply welded on the new perches after measuring multiple times... you know the old saying, measure twice, cut once. (I guess you could apply this to welding)
Anyway, here are the pics of the rear end. I trimmed off the ears of the upper mounts also.
Spring perches
Ears cut off
Closeups of the ears cut off
Rear end in the car showing the exhaust clearance
I think everything fits great!
3/4" Rear sway bar installed (now things are getting tight)
So now you might ask the burning question... WHY? I had this 8.8" around and I have owned a few fox bodied cars in my past. The 8" is notoriously weak, and the cost of getting a good set of gears greatly outweighed my investment in this rearend. Total, I have $13 in spring perches, $50 in axles and about $30 in fluid, etc. I had the 373 gears laying around so I think my choice was a good one... knowing what they are getting for 9" rears now. Plus, the 8.8's are good into the 400hp range, and I have no plans yet of that kind of power.
