Camaro Budget 8.8 Swap and Fuel System

8.8 Rear End Build - Approx $1000 total
-Junkyard Ranger 8.8 $200
-Hiltsy Mount eBay $60
-Axle Tube and Hiltsy Mount fabrication done by experienced local fab guy $400
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PARTS ORDERED FROM ROCKAUTO.COM
-90-92 F body Axle shafts
USA Standard Gear USA21279 (shipped to me as Yukon Gear and Axle) $250/pair
-Axle Bearings stock 82-92 f body
Centric 41364000E $12/pair
-Factory Rear Drum Brake kit
Centric KIT319D $100
-Axle Seals
Centric 41764000 $1.50/pair
-Gear Lube $25
-Reused 50k mile center section bearings and 28 spline differential FREE

[@djrowe10]

Your sleeve concept is something diff builders like me have done with GM 8.6 10 bolt smaller axle tubes with 10 bolt 8.5, 8.2 ,or 7.5 axle tubes on top. I always weld housings cold. Heat treat is only helpful if doing cast iron that gets super hot like manifolds that have flexing and expanding issues. There is lots of theory about it out there. Like the video a bunch and am now convinced more young guys are making tons of LS engine builds and drivetrain videos preserving and modding hot rodding classics then any other time 🤙. Keep on creating your cool build with more videos coming.

[@jimbo9357]

I have 3 third gens. Working on my 86 TA WS6 now. Some good ideas in your vid.

[@largesfc]

Did those 10 bolt tubes slide right into the 8.8 tubes?

[@thedailyz8716]

I hope you get the car done before the next tour or even ls swap fest! I’m doing a similar swap myself.

[@redriverracing8985]

Thanks! Hopefully I’ll see you out there!!

[@davidz1189]

I like your Video on the 8.8 rear end its my next project.. How ever would like to Know how your exhaust turns out will you be installing a True Dual exhaust?

[@redriverracing8985]

Im a cheap ass and didn't want to pay $550 for the true dual kit that needed to be modified anyway. I have a 3" single pipe with magnaflow muffler that I ordered from summit for less than $200 total and I will make some piping to merge it to my headers

[@car46999]

You mention that the 8.8 would get sleeved at 2:14. Were sleeves needed, or did the 10 bolt axles slip right into the 8.8 tubes? I have seen some internet posts stating that they will slip fit into the Ranger and Crown Vic 8.8 axle tubes.

[@motherlovinsnuffstar]

From what I've read (on the Agearhead4life FB page) if you use a ranger 8.8 you don't need the spacers. Supposedly they taper before going into the center section.

[@AlexPerkins252]

Do you know what size those spacers/reducers or whatever you’d like to call them are? I’m trying to do this myself but I can’t find the size

[@GarthJwells]

How well did the 4l80 fit? Doing a 6.0 swap out of my truck soon

[@H00K-KING]

What about putting 35 spline axles in it. Go big or go home

[@aaronmcdonald8423]

Awesome set up man!.... My fuel system is almost exactly like yours i just have to finish up the wiring for the pump....my question is where did you hook up your ground for the fuel pump & where did you hook up your ground for the sending unit (fuel gauge)?

[@redriverracing8985]

I used all the factory wiring for the fuel sending unit, I believe the wires were black and purple iirc. I wired the ground to a clean spot on the chassis with a big self tapper, I think it was in one of the holes where a heat shield was at some point

[@aaronmcdonald8423]

@@redriverracing8985 was the ground that you used the big self tapper on the frame in the back? Or somewhere else?

[@tylerhaycraft7381]

do you know what year rangers can use the 28 spline axels?

[@redriverracing8985]

I believe all rangers that had the 8.8 were 28 spline, but it has been a while since I really looked into it

[@characterdevelopment2361]

Will the 7.5 tube take a 31 spline swapp

[@redriverracing8985]

yes it can, and I didn't realize that dutchmen axle made custom 31 spline axles for a small amount more than I payed for the 28 spline. Had I known that previously I probably would have gone with the 31

[@characterdevelopment2361]

@@redriverracing8985 I was thinking they did I wasn't sure . This is a street strip build right?

[@eliseol.6788]

Hey bro could u share the link for the transmission crossmember

[@redriverracing8985]

PA Racing website is under construction right now, but join the lsx swapped third gen group on facebook and look up Matt Walter, he is the dealer I ordered through

[@alloyspeed1889]

Does the tq arm hit the tunnel?

[@redriverracing8985]

It did slightly but solved that with a little bit of love from the air hammer

[@nigelthomas1223]

Are those 28 spline in the new setup

[@redriverracing8985]

Yes 28 spline. All the parts I used are in the description

[@urnew]

How do you check if differential is centered?

[@redriverracing8985]

I paid someone to cut and weld the tubes to the center but I believe what he used is called a truing bar