rear end please help

[akitagandy]

I just picked up a 200? Mustang rear end ,Can someone help me ID this thing and is it ok to use ? this is the way the tag is laid out

S260A

27 75 0030

 

[Baby Huey]

Heres a link .........might help. "BH"

8.8" Rear Axle

 

[rooster57]

Post a pic. Also search ebay and see if you see a match.

 

[Baby Huey]

Heres another link.....I can't find the link with the decode of the tag for some reason, I had it ,it's disapeared....... sorry. "BH"

Mustang 7.5 & 8.8 Rear Axle info - LRS Blog - Read Here Shop Here

 

[putz]

I believe this is what you are looking for your number doesn't seem to come up though.Your should be on page 11 http://www.fordification.com/rearends-ford01.htm

 

[akitagandy]

From what I read it looks like it is a 4 or 6 cyl rear end and it says it want hold up to even a stock 5.0

It's a 7.5 not a 8.8 what do we think?

 

[jeffery]

I like the disc brake setup on it but i also like the ford 9" rearends better.just my choice.i lucked out and found one for a hundred and its all there but its drums and the ratio is a 3.50.
The only reason i said anything about the 9" was because its strong and i can change it out in around an hour to another set of gears like 4.11 or up.
Vince

 

[Baby Huey]

It would be nice having the disc brakes, but they are pretty easy and realitively inexpensive to add on to any rear axle if you know which parts to pick up.....
The problem is.....these are kinda weenie, especially if ya plan to use the "lawn Roller" tires. All that surface area on the ground ,doesn't take much to snap an axle or shell the center section...
When I first collected parts for my build I found an axle simuliar to this one only out of a lincoln (8.8?) and everyone said to leave it there, not worth dragging home...You may want to take the disc's off and the calipers (those have a cable E-Brake ???, and if you stick with Furd you can fit the rotors to another housing and it's a simple matter of cutting out some brackets for the calipers, instant disc's....

I found another link for the tag...( yea I know, another dang link..) "BH"

Ford Ranger Axles - The Ranger Station

 

[Ted Brown]

I have used so many different rear ends over the years, only crazy Race car people have ever broken anything, as far as a normal drivin T Bucket, any will work, as the T is way lighter than anything that comes stock... Now some want it purty, I hide mine.. :swim:

 

[Brucer]

I would think in a T a 7.5 would be ok..

I myself wouldn't want to use it cause I've broke 2 7.5 rears In an 84 mustang I use to have,but if you were running a mild smallblock, say a 305 or mild 350 I wouldn't be scared to use it,but only if the gears were tight in it.. If the ring and pinion are sloppy I wouldn't use it...

 

[akitagandy]

Well, It looks like opinions are half and half, I have a blazer rearend with drum brakes

 

[rooster57]

K5 or S10 i am using an S10 and it works great. Drum brakes work fine.