When I bought this car I thought I'd just drive it on the weekends and take it to the track every now, and then. I really never thought about making major changes to the car, but the more I take it to the track the more changes I wanna make.
So when I took the car out for the first time this year I noticed there was a small drop of oil under the diff and knew I needed to reseal the cover. I was thinking about ordering the FRPP cover as I just have the stocker with the brace. But then this happened...
I ran across this 8.8 out of a Fox body, with 3.55 gears. full spool, Strange 35 spline axles, racing diff cover, 9in ends 5\8 studs , and welded tubes.
It wasn't as clean and I would have liked it so I worked it over some.
I cleaned up some of the old welds
Here it is painted and getting ready to put in the car
I order the Team Z grip series 1, it comes with upper and lower control arms, anti sway bar, Strange double adjustable shocks, and drag springs.
Here it is all installed on the rear end, it was all pretty strait forward on the install.
I pulled the IRS so I could get started with the install, here's the IRS and SRA sitting side by side.
I went ahead and order torque box reinforcements, I think they'll be a good idea at my power level and the direction my car seems to be heading in. Here is some of the install I started taking pics but then started slacking some.
I started with the lower torque boxes, I marked it so I would have a good reference to cut, I started off with a metal cut off wheel. I ended up using a saw zaw that I cut the blade in half, so it wouldn't be so long. It seemed to be a lot easier to use and worked much better.
Here it is installed, I had to make a few more cuts to get it to be able to fit in there.
Here is what it looks like in the car when your done, the upper are real easy, you just drill the holes for the torque boxes and install the bolts. I welded them on the bottom not sure I have any pics of that.
I took the uppers back out and stripped away the sound deadening material so I could weld them on the inside.
I haven't welded the inside yet I have a few more things to do and i'll get back to that.
To explain a few things I went with the Fox body rear end cause its an 1.5" shorter than the 99 to 04 rear, so that 3/4 of an inch on each side. Some claim the IRS is even wider than the SRA, I haven't measured it yet I guess I should.
I have a few more mods to install, I just never thought I'd be going SRA or Auto this just came in from Freddy Brown freshly rebuilt 4R70w with trans brake built for 1200hp.
Please feel free to share mods you thought you'd never do, I know I'm not the only one....
So when I took the car out for the first time this year I noticed there was a small drop of oil under the diff and knew I needed to reseal the cover. I was thinking about ordering the FRPP cover as I just have the stocker with the brace. But then this happened...
I ran across this 8.8 out of a Fox body, with 3.55 gears. full spool, Strange 35 spline axles, racing diff cover, 9in ends 5\8 studs , and welded tubes.
It wasn't as clean and I would have liked it so I worked it over some.
I cleaned up some of the old welds
Here it is painted and getting ready to put in the car
I order the Team Z grip series 1, it comes with upper and lower control arms, anti sway bar, Strange double adjustable shocks, and drag springs.
Here it is all installed on the rear end, it was all pretty strait forward on the install.
I pulled the IRS so I could get started with the install, here's the IRS and SRA sitting side by side.
I went ahead and order torque box reinforcements, I think they'll be a good idea at my power level and the direction my car seems to be heading in. Here is some of the install I started taking pics but then started slacking some.
I started with the lower torque boxes, I marked it so I would have a good reference to cut, I started off with a metal cut off wheel. I ended up using a saw zaw that I cut the blade in half, so it wouldn't be so long. It seemed to be a lot easier to use and worked much better.
Here it is installed, I had to make a few more cuts to get it to be able to fit in there.
Here is what it looks like in the car when your done, the upper are real easy, you just drill the holes for the torque boxes and install the bolts. I welded them on the bottom not sure I have any pics of that.
I took the uppers back out and stripped away the sound deadening material so I could weld them on the inside.
I haven't welded the inside yet I have a few more things to do and i'll get back to that.
To explain a few things I went with the Fox body rear end cause its an 1.5" shorter than the 99 to 04 rear, so that 3/4 of an inch on each side. Some claim the IRS is even wider than the SRA, I haven't measured it yet I guess I should.
I have a few more mods to install, I just never thought I'd be going SRA or Auto this just came in from Freddy Brown freshly rebuilt 4R70w with trans brake built for 1200hp.
Please feel free to share mods you thought you'd never do, I know I'm not the only one....
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