Lower valence i think will stay color matched... not a huge fan of the silver...

painted a hood hinge and a trunk hinge, both were buggered... Took like 5 trunk hinges and 3 hood hinges to get good ones...

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just a formality, i have a clean matching title.  You take it out to any small bmv and they send the title in.  ive done it many times.  I have to have a out of state inspection, a little 70 year old little asian lady comes out and looks for the vin number and odometer...

You cant have a car in pieces though, it has to look like a car :)  I bought this car off a cop in missouri so i dont think it was stolen... I can call him up and tell him though

yeah i dont want to go with some ratty old carb... Seems the AVS2s are the real deal, i looked at the holley brawler also but this is low profile, came with a free air cleaner and 20$ off

fitting radiator... cut and buffed a fin... going to wrap it..

I am using a hot heads hemi manifold.

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so i tried pulling the rear hub off the axle and it broke my puller... 3 hours down the drain Even more reason to go out and find a new posi axle.. Im off to hunt at the pull a part. the cut down ford is 57.5... a little short but I can deal with offset and a spacer if i have to.

Painted the inner rockers, gas tank is in, electric fuel pump is mounted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geyuFv4zw_g

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got the drum off... heat again.  cheap amazon one works... its a hd version

picked up a Ford 8.8 rear end, 31 spline, 59.5 inches, ordered a new brakes kit, I will be using the stabilizer bar also on the rear end.

im going to full rebuild the posi, clutch discs and stuff also. Ill check the end bearings. What pinion angle did you use? Did you just move the perches out 3 inches on each side(same angle) and weld it in? I was pretty shocked finding a nice posi in a junkyard. People usually grab these immediately. Did you hook up the parking brake?

I know these tubes are fairly thin?  they said dont put high heat on them.

Ordering some brackets also, just ordered the lsd clutch pack kit.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/ford-rear-axle/

Okay went to summit... Farmtruck was there. Got new axle cover, gasket, new end seals, 3 quarts of 75w140, some cam breakin lube, two brackets. (200$)

they are all covid'd up, customers not wearing masks.... clearance section is slim but they did have some nice mopar trans for 70% off.

Original explorer pinion angle was 12, went with 6(same as dodge). I will cleanup and paint the springs.

I started putting rust converter stuff on after i welded the spring perches on. Im going drag racing now I think, if the tranny (total unknown) is good, ill give it a shot. I am still waiting on the lsd discs but i will get it all painted and ready to go. I still have to check my stock ratio. I have a new torque converter also if I need it.  Welding and grinding is a dirty job but no blood drawn today so it was all good.   Moved perches 4.25 inches from the inner edge of the outer flange.

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Axle diff cleaned and clutch pack rebuild. I did get a new retainer spring from amazon so cant button it up today. Fricking pita...

goes in tomorrow. its just good primer and rattle can but it works, i could have busted out the paint gun but would have been overkill a bit.

Wasn't worn that bad, nice and clean, new seals, all painted, still have to resize those holes though. I put the stablizer bar on also.

Im bummed i should have put 10 inch back brakes on it :(   Still have to clean the caliper brackets and paint.

I have a Torsion 2 rear diff I could throw in :)  It cost me a grand but its very cool the way it works...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEiSTzK-A2A

torque cap bolts to 70-85 ft lbs... https://www.cartechbooks.com/techtips/fordgearswap

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Houston we have a small problem... I might not be able to get the stablizer around the shocks... or i have to change the mount(move it out)?

And I havent hooked the shocks up yet, i assume you guys got the extra distance. All in all its working out so far.

I might make a bracket to bring the shocks in a bit, that would put them back in the original spot and maybe get around the stablizer bar issue

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got axles rotor calipers on... got the brake lines made. Explorer lines worked well, i have to weld some brackets on so i should have done that before hand, rear diff is ready to be filled with oil.

Have to check about the friction modifier... I hook up the rear brakes, the whole rear will be done tomorrow. Spiffy slotted drilled rotors! nice shiny red calipers... no dust shields I will start "fitting" the driveshaft also.

If I make some "extension brackets I can use the stabilizer bar to clear the shocks.  I may still do that real quick.

 Pross:

No brake adjustment needed, never dragging, simply install

Easy brake changes

Can use parking brake

Easy cheap ratio changes

posi/limited slip (performance)

Performance

Strength

Ease of replacement

Possible use of stabilzer bar

cheap replacement parts(pads, rotors, calipers) etc vs original

Cheap to rebuild posi

Cons:

Lose center bump stop(possible to make one).

Cost to buy axle and basic parts

Cost/effort to put new perches on

Speedo may be off(or you need new gear) if changing ratio.

Lose "originality" But brake upgrades dont matter that much.

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