awinner87tsi Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Is it possible to get rid of the torque tube? Secondly I will state that I don't know the reason we have them, so that could be the reason I don't know the answer to this. I know this sounds to easy but could we not remove the spline piece from the diff and replace with flange and run a one piece drive shaft? I feel like I've looked around on here pretty well but didn't find a answer, excuse me if this has been covered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 It's there to essentially just tie the rear to the car. Without it the diff would be rocking up and down and break things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB94 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 If you’re going to modify it and require a new driveshaft then you go with one of the many versions of the Ford 8.8. They are cheap available in all aluminum or cast, cheap unlimited gear ratios, clutch style, spools, torsion diffs. Lots of room underneath to mount it and have custom driveshaft and half shafts made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awinner87tsi Posted February 15 Author Report Share Posted February 15 Makes sense I didn't think about the torque tube being the forward mount for the diff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 5 hours ago, awinner87tsi said: Makes sense I didn't think about the torque tube being the forward mount for the diff. That is the kicker. I'm sure if someone got creative enough you could come up with a mount/link system to hold it in place and run a driveshaft the whole way. Never been done to my knowledge though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 If you do notice that there is a certain website selling a subframe for the starion to hold a Ford 8.8. stay away from it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB94 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Mounting the pumpkin is the easy part. Really wonder if that place ever completed anything and had working proof of concepts front or rear. I guess we may never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awinner87tsi Posted February 16 Author Report Share Posted February 16 I have an 89 that I sent and had the axles rebuilt by guy on the Facebook page, they have maybe 2k miles on them. If you do the ford diff do have to run custom axles or make a adapter, I know you would have to make a drive shaft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB94 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 You would need to have custom 1/2 shafts made. A few ways to make that happen. The ford shafts could be shortened and re-splined to fit your stock outers. Cut both shafts sleeve and weld, getto but I have done it a few times with zero failures. Have a complete driveshaft shop custom shafts made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awinner87tsi Posted February 16 Author Report Share Posted February 16 Thank you for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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