sleepers 1981 zephyr lsx/th400/turbo

[Sleeper]

I know kyle the rear is a old ass drag radial that i got for free. i had to blow 70.00 on the front runner for fitment.

That drag radial even with one season use is already cracking.

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Pushed it out to clean up my garage. Stupid farm cats.

[samuel642000]

That's going to look really awesome when it's all finished.

Side note, I'm upset all the pics are gone.

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knew 85 bucks was to good to be true for a 8.8 in my area.

[DON SVO]

knew 85 bucks was to good to be true for a 8.8 in my area.

Meh, it's just a pinion gear. Weld it!

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Only thing im using now is the housing. I was hoping to use the 373's in it for a while until i figured out how the car reacted. That little chip in the spider gear hit one tooth on the pinion and the very leading edge of the pionion.

Welded up the tubes and straighted them. welds could be better looking but itll work.

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Finally all my important shit has shown up.
Ive got to get new drums and drill them out, all new springs, and wheel cylinders and shoes yet. Ive got to order bigger spacers for the lugnuts due to the rts wheels. Ive got them double stacked for the photo.

Strange 35 spline axle, spool, c clip eliminators, and 5/8 stud kit.
Strange 1350 pinion flange
lpw/strange ultimate 8.8 cover
new 3.55's
install kit

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More bad news with the housing. I finally took all of the guts out and the fucking race on the pass side has spun at some point in its life.

They did the old redneck trick or hitting the cap with a punch to give it some gripping power.

Time to look for a new 8.8 fml

[Z06killinsbf]

I've got a spare 8.8 explorer housing if you want it

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Ive located another one in denver. Its a 5 hour haul but ive got a guy who comes here to hunt from around there. He might pick it up for me.

Thanks for the offer. For buying things all these years and never getting screwed over ive been lucky.

[Sleeper]

Lets try this shit again. This housing looks to be in good shape.

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and done. Still waiting on the drums and brake hardware, But the hard part is over. Hopefully i did it right. First time ive done one start to finish.

[Mike]

Looking good!

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Got the 7.5 out today. I cant wait to get this thing in the shop where i have air tools. All of this manual shit is getting old.

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8.8 is in. I need some 28x10 scabs to see how much ill have to beat. Thinking about going with baseline suspension since they are only3 hours away.