i got a freind who just got into an accident with his 94 gt. he told me 75 bux for the rear. will his rear bolt right into my coupe? if not, wat mods will i need to do to make this work? thanx

 

You dont have an 8.8?

It will bolt in,.. but it will be 3/4" wider on each side resulting in pushing your wheels farther out. If your close to rubbing the fenders,.. they will certainly rub after.


The axle housing itself is identical. Its the SN95 axles that are longer which makes the rear wider. To the best of my knowledge,.. 7.5 axles will work in 8.8 rears provided the spline count on the carrier is the same. The problem is that the rear disc brake caliper brackets will be set up for the SN95 length axles and will not work with fox length axles. I'm not 100% sure,.. but you should be able to bolt over your drum backing plates over to the SN95 axle and it should work. But my memory is sketchy on that.

Not to mention 5 lug vs 4 lug,.. you will need different wheels. Would be kind of silly to have 5 lug in the rear with 4 lug up front,... no?

If his front spindles/hubs and brakes are intact,.. they will bolt right over to your existing ball joint and struts. I'm fairly certain you will need a different master cylinder and proportioning valve for it all to work correctly. ABS was an option on the 94-95 and standard on the 96-04. So it really wont affect anything not having ABS.

I've read into the 5 lug swap and the various options that are available. The 94 - 98 GT's provide the easiest solution for the front.

If you were to put a 79 - 93 fox car up on a rack and put a SN95 car on one next to it. You would notice very quickly that they are nearly identical underneath and in the engine bays. There are some subtle differences,.. particularly when dealing with the 99 - 04 models. But for the most part,.. everything underneath is interchangeable,.. though not everything fits correctly.

Hurst

 

the car was t-boned so all the susp. parts r intact and in good shape. well i do wanna do the 5 lug cover.. hurst. and no sir, car has a 7.5 after i was told buy the seller it was an 8.8, we had to pick it up at night, so i couldnt really get under and check. i already bought the front spindles and setup for 80bux, and i figured its not gonna hurt to have, well an 8.8 and disk brakes all around. u meantioned about the wheels stickin out and rubbing, the car now doesn't have clearence issues on the rear but i dont want the wheels stickin tremendosly outside of the body. can a better offset wheel solve this problem or will i have to have the rear narrowed down a bit. im still in the process of collectin parts and just need sum advice on it. thanks hurst

 

I would get it and just roll your fenders, thats a good price.

 

here's an idea..Use ranger axle and you can move the rear discs in by 3/4 inch this is not hard, have done it using said axles and lincoln mark seven brake(rear vented discs) not the skinny disc on late model stangs

 

You'll be fine if you stay with SN95 offset wheels. But with the SN95 width axles wont be able to fit 10.5" wheels until you get it back to fox length. 8 or 9 inch wide wheels will fit fine and a 275 tire will be about as wide as you can go. Not a bad trade off for the price.

When you do the front,.. make sure you keep your fox a-arms. The SN95 will work and fit,.. but again,.. they will make the wheels stick out farther and will cause the wheels to rub on the inner fenders anytime you take a sharp turn.

All you need is the hub/spindle and brake calipers for the front.

There are multiple ways to do the rear brake setup. It all depends on what you want out of it and how much money your willing to invest to do it.

Hurst

 

well i have a generous income tax check comin plus a bonus, so im not really worried too much about the money part on this car. i was offered a 89 8.8 built with drums but 5 lug setup in trade for the 94 rear. seem like a decent deal? plus i wont have to fuck with the pro. valve and master cylinder/brake booster.

 

For simplistic reasons I would stick with a fox rear. Less of a headache when dealing with wheel choices and sizes.

Hurst

 

i was thinkin the same thing, i would just like to have disk in the rear. but i guess that can come later on. thanks guys

 

For 75 bucks I would get it anyway. I'm going to run a LSC rear end which is the same length. I'm also running a full 95 front K for now, but I'm not worried about the extra width.
Rolling the fenders is a lot cheaper than swapping a disk setup on a standard rear. Just my $0.02.