new toys

[phi564]

got the 8.8 and 30 in yesterday afternoon. i'll post some pics tommarow or monday. and hopefully next weekend they'll be in and ready to roll!

here's the specs:
4.56 gears
8.8 is 31 spline and has a c-clip full detroit locker
d 30 has a detroit tru trac locker
both axles have reciently been rebuilt with new seals, bearings, etc.

have a good one,
chris

[mawardjr]

mmmm .... 8.8 ......

Can't wait to see some pics ....

[jlwells]

Sweet, money bags. Good choices. I also got 4:56's and a truetrac for the d30. Waiting on install. Did you buy the 8.8 built for a Zj or get one from an Explorer?

[Don]

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got the 8.8 and 30 in yesterday afternoon. i'll post some pics tommarow or monday. and hopefully next weekend they'll be in and ready to roll!

here's the specs:
4.56 gears
8.8 is 31 spline and has a c-clip full detroit locker
d 30 has a detroit tru trac locker
both axles have reciently been rebuilt with new seals, bearings, etc.

have a good one,
chris

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Alllllll man...... I want a 8.8 with 4:56 gears for my TJ /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[phi564]

i bought both axles off someone who was upgrading. i guess the 8.8 was out of an explorer he had the brackets and everything fabricated for a zj.

[Don]

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i bought both axles off someone who was upgrading. i guess the 8.8 was out of an explorer he had the brackets and everything fabricated for a zj.

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I don't _think_ there is much to change on the swap from an Explorer to a ZJ as both are leaf spring vehicles. The TJ is a coil spring setup, so there is a fair amount of work to change one over. At least this is what I think... However, I really won't know what is involved until I get to that point in my Jeep build.

Those 4:56's should be sweet on and off road. What size tires you got?

[phi564]

don explorer's are leaf and zj's are coil. i think your think'n of xj's with leaf's. right now i've got 32's. plan'n on 35's or 36's sometime in the fall.

i can't wait to get these things in and start wheel'n.

chris

[Don]

Chris, you are 110% correct. My bad.

[mudholebound]

mmmmmmmmm 456s (i need a drooling smiley to put here)

[Paul E]

http://www.dgemu.com/forums/html/emoticons/drool.gif

[scrambled]

Well Chris that thing out to be a completly different animal with all those goodies. Wish ya the best on the install. Bowling Green I see. I was once a Western Kentucky Hilltopper /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[phi564]

scrambled- yea it should be sweet, these axles are a good start with bigger things to come in a few months. western's a fun place, i'm graduate'n in dec. can't wait!

oh yeah here's a link to my album pics
http://www.itsajeep.org/PhotoPost/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/189

axles should be going in this weekend! and if everything goes well i'll be out at TB the following weekend.

have a good one,
chris

[phi564]

T minus 10 hours and counting, axle swap starts at about nine or ten AM, pics to follow!

[phi564]

well got the 8.8 in. took a little longer than expected after the guy at advanced gave us the wrong kind of fittings for brake lines and we had already put everything on until we realized they were for air lines, but we got it all straitened out. start'n early today for the 30 swap, shouldnt take as long, no brake lines to fool with for the most part.

chris

[Don]

I bet those 4:56's are SWEET!!!!!!!!

I want some...... and a 8.8 as well /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/woot.gif

[bigblacktj]

Well I guess we are on the topic I might be selling my dana 44 rear with 4.56 gears and my dana 30 front with 4.56 gears if anybody is intrested pm me.