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Alright, I'm completely paranoid of blowing this poor 7.5" to pieces.
It was in a 2.3 1994. Now it's taking the Abuse from my 5.0.
I find myself wanting to rip some tires every now and then when I have the street tires on, but I'm afraid of blowing it to bits, it'll rip beautifully from a dig, but brake stands are what I'm worried about.
Well, that and overall reliability.
So, I'm looking for a cheap yet tough gear set, and some sort of LSD or locker.
I got stuck in sugar sand the other day and that was rather humbling. Then my buddy parks in my ruts, digs his jeep in, and pull right out, then continues to do donuts in the sand. My open 7.5" did nothing.
I need a tough gear set, im confident for the little bit ill be doing the axle shafts wont need to be touched.
The rearend has a 3.45 ratio in it now, I noticed something about spline count being different between the 3.73s and the 3.45s, is there any difference? Not really in the know with ford rear ends, so...
I was running richmond 3.73s and a locker and I liked it, but that poor thing took a dump thanks to a heavy foot that wasn't mine.
Would it be easier to swap in an 8.8"? If so would it bolt right up? I would imagine the V6 rangers are the same mounting wise, just a 8.8 instead of 7.5.
Someone break it down and break the ford n00b in. lol
It was in a 2.3 1994. Now it's taking the Abuse from my 5.0.
I find myself wanting to rip some tires every now and then when I have the street tires on, but I'm afraid of blowing it to bits, it'll rip beautifully from a dig, but brake stands are what I'm worried about.
Well, that and overall reliability.
So, I'm looking for a cheap yet tough gear set, and some sort of LSD or locker.
I got stuck in sugar sand the other day and that was rather humbling. Then my buddy parks in my ruts, digs his jeep in, and pull right out, then continues to do donuts in the sand. My open 7.5" did nothing.
I need a tough gear set, im confident for the little bit ill be doing the axle shafts wont need to be touched.
The rearend has a 3.45 ratio in it now, I noticed something about spline count being different between the 3.73s and the 3.45s, is there any difference? Not really in the know with ford rear ends, so...
I was running richmond 3.73s and a locker and I liked it, but that poor thing took a dump thanks to a heavy foot that wasn't mine.
Would it be easier to swap in an 8.8"? If so would it bolt right up? I would imagine the V6 rangers are the same mounting wise, just a 8.8 instead of 7.5.
Someone break it down and break the ford n00b in. lol