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Old 01-02-2012, 10:58 AM
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Anyone know where I can still get one of these???
I've got an X charger in the mail and I think an 8.8 would go hand in hand with the x
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Old 01-02-2012, 12:43 PM
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PM JimC.
And, if the X is coming in the 'mail', you must have one huge mail box!!! j/k, congrats on the purchase!
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just got mine installed and i got it through JimC. itll be from a 2011 v6 and the only difference is the location of the vent cap and also the dust shield off of the s197s wont fit.
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Old 01-02-2012, 03:29 PM
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How does JimC obtain them? And do they come with the stock gears or have they been upgraded with 3.73 and 4.11? Tigercrazy if you don't mind, can you PM me what you paid for them? It's the last performance upgrade I wanna do to my Mustang and I'd consider it if the price is right.
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id DEFINITELY have an 8.8 on before i popped on an xcharger =)
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Old 01-02-2012, 07:12 PM
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Thanks for the info. Just curious to those of you who did upgrade to 8.8 what the heck did you do with the stock rear end from our cars? Just scrap it or what?
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Old 01-03-2012, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by maxshuty
Thanks for the info. Just curious to those of you who did upgrade to 8.8 what the heck did you do with the stock rear end from our cars? Just scrap it or what?
I left mine at the shop that did my gear/axle swap... I'm sure they just scrap it. If worse comes to worse you can always buy an 8.8 from AM although its a bit pricey.
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Old 01-03-2012, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Antonio323
How does JimC obtain them? And do they come with the stock gears or have they been upgraded with 3.73 and 4.11? Tigercrazy if you don't mind, can you PM me what you paid for them? It's the last performance upgrade I wanna do to my Mustang and I'd consider it if the price is right.
come with stock gears i had them upgraded myself. and jim gets them through a contact he has in michigan. not exactly sure how he gets them lol youll have to ask him. and yea ill PM you

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Thanks for the info. Just curious to those of you who did upgrade to 8.8 what the heck did you do with the stock rear end from our cars? Just scrap it or what?
its still sitting in my friends garage. im gonna put it on craigslist for like 100 bucks and see if i get any nibbles. if i dont ill just scrap it
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Might as well keep it, IMO. Only if you have room though. The way I see it, it might be worth something to someone somewhere down the road.
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Originally Posted by MustangFirstCar
Might as well keep it, IMO. Only if you have room though. The way I see it, it might be worth something to someone somewhere down the road.
yea thats the problem i dont really have the room lol
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