[stackhouse67]

i have just recently bought a nice 68 coupe with a 86 302, c-4 tranny, and 8 inch rear with freeway gears. i am planning to sell my truck and drive the 68 as a daily driver. its a great driving car, but for something i'm going to be driving everyday to work, the drums on all fours are less than adequate! i'm a metal fabricator/welder by trade and figure it's more cost effective to buy a nice condition pre 94 5.0 and transfer the whole driveline and just make most of my own brackets and mounts. not to worried about the engine and tranny swap, but i haven't seen to much about how easy the 8.8 goes into these older mustangs. any help in the right direction or any of your personal experience is greatly appreciated on this thread guys.

[gtjoe]

If you are just going to use it as a daily driver and not put alot of power through it, the 8" rear will do fine. There's nothing wrong with the engine and tranny you have now. If you want to swap an AOD or T5 that will increase your mileage. It'd be cheaper to just convert the front drums to discs than swap the entire drivetrain.

[andrewmp6]

The 8.8 you might have to shorten down have custom axles made cut off all the brackets and weld on spring perches in the end you have a weaker axle stick with your 8 inch.The trans cross member you'll have to make or buy and cut something like a inch off the yoke.For brakes try cobrabrakes or ST Products