91 mustang rear suspension and rear end build

[Bigturbonotch]

Carl always says no tech so here we go.


I bought a stock rear end from a 91gt and stripped it down to the bare housing. The rear end then went to Pakman motorsports to have the tubes welded, 9" ends put on, and bracing put on. I am really happy with the work Jeff did, definatly a good shop for chassis work and fabrication. Here are some pictures of the rear after it came back along with some grinding I did to get it ready for paint.

Then I cleaned it off with brake cleaner and painted it with black rustoleum hammer paint. It turned out really nice!

Next I picked up some goodies from Strange. The rear end will have 3.27 gears, 33 spline axles, spool, strange brakes, and heavy duty 1350 pinion yoke.

Here is the Rebuild kit, yoke, axle bearings, and wheel studs

LPW Rear end cover

33 Spline Spool

33 Spline Axles

Strange Street Brakes with 4 piston calipers

I got a smoking deal on the rear suspension frome Wolfe Racecraft so thats what I went with. Will have upgraded 3/4 bolts, spherical bushings, double adjustable uppers, single adjustable lowers, and anti-roll bar.

Im going to start putting the rear end together tomorrow so check back for updates:burnout:

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[ChromeCobra]

Sick setup!

 

[Wiked03]

Damn... Looks great man!!!

 

[Bigturbonotch]

thanks its nice to be able to work on the car for once!

 

[IZZy]

looks great man!

 

[batman]

wowooww

 

[slow83]

uh oh welded tubes.........race car

 

[Flatliner]

Looks good and thanks for the tech

 

[Maniak]

uh oh welded tubes.........race car

i think the spool makes it more of a race car

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

Carl always says no tech so here we go.

:laughing2:laughing2:laughing2:laughing2:laughing2:laughing2

Looks sick mike! 3.27's going to make a huge difference

 

[forbanger]

Are you sticking with stock spring?

 

[1MEANGT]

Awesome job Mike, looks great!

 

[Bigturbonotch]

im doing stock gt springs out back, going to cut a coil or two.

 

[Oncebitten03]

Very nice, keep us updated

 

[Maniak]

what shocks are you using?

ive never heard of using 9'' ends on an 8.8. what is the advantage?

 

[Ear Rak]

what shocks are you using?

ive never heard of using 9'' ends on an 8.8. what is the advantage?

allows you to run the axle shaft retainer plate instead of C clips.

That and theres just a ton more options for brakes and such for a 9" over an 8.8

 

[Bigturbonotch]

more options for breaks and c clips are known to leak and are not legal after a certain et. Im using strange 10 ways.

 

[Bigturbonotch]

Update:

I did some work today. The rear end is pretty much all together, just need to press on a new pinion bearing (old one is on there now so I can remove it easily to adjust shims), tighten up the backlash a little, and put in the axles, cover, and brakes.

The pattern is a touch high on the drive side but I talked to a few people and they said I should be OK since it is a used gear. Im hoping its OK too lol

I also did a little work to the front today, put together the strange coilovers with strange 10 way adjustables. Just waiting on some axles studs from speed inc and it will be all together. Im using the team z k member with adjustable a arms. Very nice parts from them!

Thursday and friday everything should be done, more updates.

 

[TERMINATED97]

nice work mike!

 

[ChromeCobra]

Your a bad man

 

[Bigturbonotch]

Finished up the rear end today. Here are some pictures:

The rear suspension got lost somewhere so its being delivered tomrorow. She should be on all fours tomrorow evening!

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

Your a bad man

+1:dancenana:

 

[Ear Rak]

Looks bad ass mike.

 

[gnxs]

Looks Good Mike! :biggthump :headbang:

 

[batman]

looks like shit

take to a shop