i have a chance to get a posi rear from a 88 turbo coupe. Complete, disc brakes, lines, parking brake cables, posi. Price is good. Sound i get it or try to find another.\?
it is kinda wide and youd need a deep backspacing to keep thewheels under the fenders.... like 5.5 backspacing... i know i used one.... i eventually got mustang axles and drum brakes to narrow the rear by 1.5 inches.....
How much wider is it than the stock Pinto axle? I'd like to know since I might buy the whole drivetrain out of an 88 Turbo Coupe when I have the money.
Does anyone know the backspacing on takeoff wheels from the later mustangs? They look deep. Maybe the t bird rear and some front wheel spacers would help those to fit.
The guy told me it was 57" wide, brake to brake.
I'm pretty sure he's wrong its like 61" form mounting surface to mounting surface on a stock 88 TC rear. A stock pinto rears like 57" form mounting surface to mounting surface. Yes it could be used under a pinto but appropriate wheels would have to be chosen.
Thanks, picking it up this weekend. Been thinking about flaring it anyway when I remove the rust. 2" each side? right wheels, a little bulge, cool.
In reverse.., I welded in the 6-3/4" rearend from my Pinto into my 88 Turbo Coupe when it went to the junkyard. Perhaps this will give you a perspective on the difference. There is quite a gap between the wheel and the wheel opening.