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Message: <blockquote data-quote="duh09" data-source="post: 1562249" data-attributes="member: 10558">Any 8.8 from a V8 94-04 will bolt right into place. A 94-98 width will be 1.5" narrower but it's all in the axle tubes themselves, all the suspension bracketry is the same through all the Fox chassis cars. Technically any Foxbody rearend would fit, but Fox rear ends are 4 lug and drum brake so sticking with 94+ to keep same brakes.All of the V8 rear diffs will have Trac-Lock, all of them likely need a set of clutches to grab appropriately. Ford sells the upgraded Carbon Fiber clutch packs used in the 03-04 Cobras as a kit that hold up pretty well. Cost on the kit is around $160. Offset 8.8 housings will not work in a Mustang without a lot of work to basically build them back into a standard Mustang housing, but the guts between the 8.8's are interchangeable so if you found an Explorer or Truck rearend with a 8.8" and a Trac-lock, you could pull the gearset and diff and put that into a Mustang housing along with the correct 31 spline axle shafts to match. Ford also sells a Trac-lock rear diff with 31 splines for like $300 to avoid a lot of digging through junkyards for the appropriate rear diff. If it was me, I'd find a 3.27 rear end from a 94-04 GT, slap a set of clutches in it, and run it until it pops and figure out which direction to go on gearing from there as well. It's hard to really nail gearing for something like what you're planning until you get out and run it and see how it feels. Back in the day, with my def not drift prepped 95 GT, out in the factory parking lots with the 240 kids, I was hating the 4.10 gears for swinging it out because I was running out of gear too fast. I was needing to shift more to keep it sideways and it would upset the car. A 3.27/3.55 would have probably been a lot better, but with you having more power with a blower, you'll likely want a higher ratio to keep that wheel speed going. There's a guy locally who's in a similar boat as you and has been learning the ropes in a V6 New Edge and is still rocking the 3.8L for the time being. It is obvious that he's down on power, but it can be done. Seat time is better than anything.</blockquote>