1962 Falcon Gasser project

OK Lloyd, give us an update. Knowing you it is all but going up and down the street.

 

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He's probably sold it already..

 

Probably, but he likes to get em running first. It is a neat little car and I cant see him not wanting to spin the axle in it before he sends it down the road. He must be on a cruise livin it up.

 

Nice Guardian Shop Cat, too. .
Purrfect for those pussy-paw-prints racing stripes. .
Bonus points if they're Sick-O-Delic racing stripes , dbl-points iffen you've got the matching boots too... "Dig the Psychedelic boots, baby!" (old Hulk Hogan, long ago). . May as well go whole hog w/a the Matching Helmet...
Marcus...

 

That is an absolutely stellar build!!! If you need any falcon trim parts I may have some stashed!!!

 

Lol nothing to update. Block is in the machine shop getting bored, cleaned, plugs and cam bearings. Reconditioned the rods, and putting them on my @lumpy 63 pistons. I've got the cam & lifters. Bought a fresh set of 906 vortec heads. Gonna be 12.5-1 according to the sheet that came with the pistons, but it doesn't seem to account for the. 030 bore. Picked up this intake at the swap meet Saturday. $70 and i got a set of fenderwell headers for it. Should be set as far as engine/ trans goes. Had a great conversation with quick performance about the axles and rear gear. But I've got narrow the rear housing still, cut the ends for C clip eliminators, and order said eliminators lol. The car is just sitting around waiting

 

They are Bluetooth shocks lmao! You're guess is as good as mine. I'm not sure what they were planning to do there. I'll get to that later

 

Lloyd, I have AN fittings and braided steel hose. If you want to replace the blue stuff on those crossovers, I'll send you the pieces.

 

Sooooooo!!!!!!! a weekends worth of work for you. Cant wait to see what you make of it. It will be a neat little car to beat on.

 

Yeah, nothing cooler than a snotty little Falcon with radiused wheel wells and some rubber hanging out! Go Lloyd!

 

Got a phone call from Jamie today at quitting time. My stuff is ready to pick up. Gonna run over there first thing tmrw before I go to the shop.

 

Hey with that 8.8 the thing to do is to weld 9’ ends on it because nobody makes c clip eliminators for the Explorer 8.8.

 

Seriously? See this is why I'm not a fan of Ford. I thought they were the same! Lol... thanks man

 

Maybe check around nobody made them when I had Quick Performance setup my 8.8.

 

The 8.8 uses C clips to retain the axles, the 9" doesn't. The rears are completely different, although the strength is similar.

 

That’s why you put 9” ends on the 8.8 you can use 9” axles on the 8.8.
Usually the Explorer 8.8 has 2 7/8” removed from the long end to center the differential so the axles will be the same length. But if you put the billit 9” ends on each end you can build whatever width axle you want and get rid of the C clips.

Im lucky enough to live less than a hundred miles from Quick Performance in Ames Ia., I took them a clean axle housing sandblasted and washed with no brackets they welded the center to the tubes and welded the 9” ends on. At the time with there work the cost of the used axle assembly new axles crush sleeve eliminator and new differential clutch kit I had a complete assembly with 3.73 gears an LD differential and 31 spline axles for less than a grand. I’m thinking about getting spool and 4.10 or 4.30 gears now but I’m finding that the parts are not cost prohibitive for the 8.8.

 

how much you have to do to it, also depends on how fast the car is, eh? Might not need to mess with it at all?

 

True.

 

Running a spool from QP, requires C clip eliminators. Guess I'll get vigilant on finding a 31 spline posi.

 

How fast or quick in the 1/4 mile before c clip eliminators are required?
I understand that axles can be broke with relatively low hp. However I do believe that normally to break an axle in heavier set up like the 8.8 is uncommon until a certain performance level is reached. Not sure what that level is.
Dan

 

Rear axle rules usually depends on whether you're running a normal limited slip, vs a locker or spool. You need good axles with a spool.

 

I'm using quick performance axles. Was gonna run their spool also, but now I've gotta dig deeper into the eliminator thing.

 

I swore I watched a video of a man prepping an explorer 8.8 for them. Went out and looked at my axle ends to see if they looked like his (the small shoulder that you have to retain to locate the eliminator) and mine look just like his did.

 

Quick Performance does list eliminators for 8.8’s, but they say they are for Mustangs.

 

I'll call em. Not near to that point yet. Won't be long though lol

 

Hell I've got an open carrier, I'll just put a damn mini spool in it

 

Not a gasser and kinda cheesy, but this thread reminds me of this video.