1993 Cobra = 87-88 Turbocoupe rearend?

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Re: 1993 Cobra = 87-88 Turbocoupe rearend?

Reply #15 – September 14, 2005, 12:18:53 PM

Well from experience, I can tell you this.

I found a 1988 Cougar XR-7 with the hydratrac rear-end (8.8") in a U-Pull-It yard. After rushing to get it home, trying to beat a storm, I found out that it had the exact same width as my 1987 Thunderbird Sport's 7.5" rear end. The cougar rear-end also has the larger 10" drum brakes on it, so I was very happy. Basically all I am saying is that 87-88 cougar XR-7's have the 8.8" rear end which is the same width as the thunderbirds. Just wanted to pass this information around because I know everyone is growing tired of getting a mustang 8.8" rear end, only to find out that thier 7.5" axels won't fit.

Re: 1993 Cobra = 87-88 Turbocoupe rearend?

Reply #16 – September 14, 2005, 12:37:03 PM

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Just wanted to pass this information around because I know everyone is growing tired of getting a mustang 8.8" rear end, only to find out that thier 7.5" axels won't fit.

We've covered this in another thread thoroughly.

Also, there are so few of the Cougar 8.8's that even finding one is going to be a c for folks.

Re: 1993 Cobra = 87-88 Turbocoupe rearend?

Reply #17 – September 14, 2005, 01:21:35 PM

man that site from jeremyb's link is full of a bunch of mustang geeks... hehe.. I didn't know anyone would ever want to know THAT much about a mustang.

Re: 1993 Cobra = 87-88 Turbocoupe rearend?

Reply #18 – September 14, 2005, 10:38:52 PM

I really don't see why all you guys are having a problem understanding the axle lengths variations....

As far as I know, I believe it goes like this:

All 8.8 axle housings are the same length for all fox cars (maybe even the sn95's are the same length as the older fox). This means that all the axles should interchange. Some axles may be longer overall than others though, do to ABS on the TC and MK7, and the lack thereof on the Mustang and 88 XR7.

All 7.5 axle housings and axles are the same length before midyear of 1985

After midyear '85, the t-bird/cougar 7.5 axle housings and axles grew approx. 3/4 inch on each side (not totally sure on that exact length). At this point they do not interchange anymore with Mustang axles.

Any difference in total rear end length from side-to-side on the 8.8's used in different models (TC, XR7, Mustang 5.0L, Mark VII) is based soley on the type of braking equipment used.

Please feel free to correct me if I stated something incorrectly.

Joe