What wheels on your 8.8?

Rainy Day Auto said
if you get one from a ranger it's already the right size for an A-body without having cut and paste anything.

mine is coming from a 95 ranger and as far as I can see, it's going fit in my valiant with issues

Yeah but a 95 ranger will be drum brakes though. a large part of the reason with going with the Explorer rear end is the Disc Brakes, Gears and LSD - all of which did NOT come in the ranger - right? what about the shock plates on the 95 ranger will they have to be cut and rewelded to the A-body specs, or is it really truly just plug n play into an A-body????

joshcook81 said
Thanks prican_2000 my Darts a 75 Swinger originally a slant 6, I dropped a 383 in it last year. If you shorten a 8.8 I believe all you do is use 2 short axle sides/Drivers sides? I believe in one unit. I had a buddy build mine from 2 cheap Ford Explorer 8.8s.

I currently have a Slant 6 in mine but I am doing research on a V8. I did go to the Yards here in local MD but they want upwards of $400 for the 8.8 - which I thought was entirely too much money considering that I still have to get the rear cut down etc.