Jeep Cherokee 8 1/4 to an A body ?

Yeah the explorer 8.8 is offset, another option is a Ranger 8.8, the diff is centered and is the same width as an A body rear but they have 28 spline axles and trac loks are not as common.

I wanted an 8.25 for my Dart but after 2 years I ended up going with the explorer disc brake rear, I had the Dr side narrowed and run 2 pass side short axles, by doing that it centers the diff and makes it about 1/2" narrower overall than an A body rear. I have about $225 in the whole thing and used a friends jig to line up the tubes.