Ford 8.8 Swap

'74 sport, the engine and trans. are offset to one side because the u-joints need to work in a certain degree off offset in order to spin so they lubricate themselves. ford offsets the rearend housing to one side, mopars use the offset motor and trans. the measurement from the spring to the drum remains the same, they just offset the carrier.


danmc77, as far as why i look at it like this, including the price of my 8.8 and all the stuff like machining, new brakes, and bearings i have about 300 into it. the cheapest used a-body 8.75 i found was twice that. And that was still wearing its very well worn bearings and small bolt pattern.