Originally Posted by
Suicidal Racing
8.8 built can go into the 7s..some say the gears cant take the power though but that also plays into the weight of the car.
stock suspension stangs can get low 1.20 60ft times on drag radials and i'm sure some been in the teens on slicks.
u can get fully adj stock suspension parts now for almost any car.
ladder bar and 4 link are better and 4 link being the best seeing u can tune a ton of apsects with them..but back halfing a car is going to be costly and then u better know how to tune the suspesion.
not knowing your power out put and the speed and times your looking for it is hard to say what would be better.
i'm doing stock suspension on my car with a 8.8 and she will be one fast street car.but then again my weight is only going to be around 2600#s
Yea, I remember years and years ago, reading in mm&ff a guy running 7.9s on an 8.8 and since then people just getting faster. One of the reasons I brought this up is, I was just reading a Race Pages article on 8.8 vs a 9 and according to them they recomended around 700hp or so stepping up to a 9. Just like you said, the article stated that the gears are the weakest link in an 8.8.
Lets say I stay with the 8.8 and narrow it 2-3", can I still get lowers that will work? I would choose the 8.8, I'm just concerned about tire clearance if I choose to stay with factory style susp.