Don65Stang
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I thought that all the 71-73's came with 9" rears. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what was said for the WFQ about this topic.
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Is this info for the 71-73? My car originally had a 351-2v and it currently has an 8" rear. I thought that someone had put an 8" under it (for whatever reason) but the info above has me thinking it might be the original rear now. It's been opened up...axle tag is missing and there is gasket sealant ooze at the joint.Doc and TwinturbomachI:
It should be noted that the vast majority of our mustangs had the 8" rear end from the factory. The 9" was generally found on the more performance-based (i.e., Boss, Mach I, CJ, etc) mustangs. However, the 9" carrier was used on many, many other full sized Ford, Lincoln and Mercury products and the carrier will bolt right up to our rearends. If you are building any kind of real power, you should think about changing to a 9" (if you currently have an 8").
Over the next week or so, I will develop a more in-depth tutorial on this subject to be placed in the "Data" section of the site.
GREAT responses Doc and TwinturbomachI!
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