I do think the availability of the Ford 8.8 and the ease of shortening the one side is probably affecting the 8 3/4 market. Anyone with average fab skills and a welder can do it. And for the budget-minded hot rodder that's not an absolute purest, when you can get into and 8.8 with limited slip and disc brakes for less than five hundred bucks, why not? For a cash-strapped teenager like my son it was a no-brainer. For me, I would probably go 8 3/4. Whole bunch of info right here on this site about it.
