Ryan Merrill Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 My problems are not the limitations of the Ford 8.8 diff. I was told by the shop building my diff that there is a good possibility that I will grenade the rear diff housing with the whp that is expected from my motor set up..... so we will see. You will never grenade the housing, ever. I have run Mustang club for almost 20 year and I have a multitude of experience with the 8.8 ford. We have 2200 HP 414ci small block strokers running twin 88mm turbo's on the stock housing with a bit of bracing welding on. My personal car is 600 HP on the stock housing with no mods. Car sheered the axles in 1/2 first pass and broke some teeth off the gear. inside were upgraded and no problem since. I launch at 4800-5500 rpm depending on what tire I use. IRS is a little different on the Mustangs but can be made to work very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnjdragracing Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 About to get the ball rolling on this kit finally. Been pricing materials and coming up with pricing. Right now we are looking at roughly: Aluminum Mustache Bar with bushings and bolts: $200 Uprights (New and improved design from the pictures I have posted): $400 Strut Tubes to go with the uprights, ready to put on aftermarket coil over pieces( Can be setup for Koni's, Bilsteins, or any other strut ): $120 Front Diff Mount: $125 Dog Bone(Rear LCA Mounting point drop down): $75 Axle Adapters(I make flanges and weld them on, Explorer rear axles can be sourced from Ebay for $100 a pair, this price does not include the price of the axles): $250, $350ish by the time you buy the axles Rotor Hat(The center bore needs opened up for the Intrepid Hubs): $25 + Cost of rotor hat Total Cost for custom parts to do the swap: $1195 Now none of these prices are final, and hopefully I don't regret posting these, but I know many of you are interested in what this setup will cost, and this is a rought estimate. The odds are this is pretty close to right, but I won't know for sure until I begin to build them. Some parts may get cheaper, some may get more expensive. Now as far as the front diff mount goes, we will see how this one does, if it ends up being an issue then we will go from there. There isn't really a good way to package a diff mount for these short nose diff, everything ends up acting as a lever. My diff mount that I've been running for the last year only bolts to one side of the tunnel, and I welded it on. If it were me, I would put a couple of stich welds on the front side of this diff mount. The welds would be easy to cut off if for some reason the mount ever needed to come out. But the mount is setup like the RT mount, it isn't in the way of anything, it should never need to come out again. If this mount was welded in, I don't see any issues with it. Even though I'm out of school it seems like I'm still crazy busy, but I am hoping to start making some pieces next week to get this thing rolling. -Will Will, Thanks for sharing your build. It is a Awesome build.Thanks Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texis30O Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Will is mailing out to me the rest of the kit. Axles, and rear spindles. I put up some pics in my build thread. My car is coming together now. Just mocking stuff up and then it will be time to get it all put together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfritts911 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 I know I've been off the map lately, but its still slowly making its way to production. Sent Texis300 the rest of the parts and updated uprights. He just got everything put on last week and everything appears to fit. All I've got to do is machine some new mustache bar mounts and fit everything up to my car again to make 100% sure a few minor changes are good, then I will roll out 5 sets. I have attached pictures of the new uprights which I think everyone will agree is a much better design. Don't lose hope in me yet, this kit is coming to life slowly. -Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfritts911 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Here are some pictures Texis300 has of his setup installed on his car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texis30O Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Check my build thread for others. I took a bunch of photos if others are needed, pm me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I'm curious what these weight with coilovers and hub bolted on. Should definitely hold up though, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfritts911 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 I will bet they are lighter than the stock pieces, but I definitely went towards the strong side vs the lighter side. To much liability to risk failure. I will get the weight when I get a chance though. -Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-E Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) That looks pretty good, certainly beefy... Just a side question, if using intrepid hubs, wouldn't it make sense to come up with a caliper solution to use intrepid rotors? Edited August 11, 2014 by G-E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfritts911 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 The intrepid rotors are pretty deep, they would interfere with the flat plate that the hub bolts to. I looked at a lot of stock rotors trying to find a cheaper option, and found some that would maybe work, but haven't had time to go back and pursue a budget brake setup. -Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texis30O Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 One word.... Wilwood.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpetRhapsody Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) I'm waiting on a Mustang caliper option or something. Not all of us have Wilwood-deep pockets, or need it. Looking good though! I like the new design. Edited August 12, 2014 by TrumpetRhapsody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfritts911 Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Pfft...that Wake boarding boat you just bought would have bought a lot of Wilwood stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texis30O Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 lol.... you got punked.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 The Wilwood stuff is a joy to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disepyon Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Any idea on brake setup yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ls240z Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) Will this IRS setup work in conjunction with the Hub/5 Lug/Brake kit (http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/118829-aluminum-hubs-5-lug-big-brakes-new-setup/) that you're also working on? Edited August 26, 2014 by ls240z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texis30O Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I have the Wilwood 4 piston superlite calipers, and a 12.2" rotor ( which is the same size as the front) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 We apparently lost a shitload of posts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators RTz Posted September 6, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 6, 2014 We apparently lost a shitload of posts... http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/119468-site-outage/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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