My rear end

[82LTDQS]

Thast funny I did just that. Also, I went to Ford and they said it was an 8.8. not to mention that the rear end is original to the chassis.

[82LTDQS]

let me clarify. I went to ford and had them pull up the car. They said it came with the 8.8.

[Nathan in MI]

Box Police cars (and some later box civilian models) had aluminum driveshafts.

Not necessarily. Mine has a steel shaft.

[Tiggie]

Not necessarily. Mine has a steel shaft.

Funky. I thought all police cars had them.

let me clarify. I went to ford and had them pull up the car. They said it came with the 8.8.

The 8.5 and 8.8 look the same on the outside and most people working at a Ford Dealership these days has never heard of a Ford 8.5. The Panther Chassis is the only car to use them to my knowledge. 1979-1981 Panthers had a choice of 7.5 or the 8.5, 1982 was only 8.5 and 1983 started the 8.8.

[Nathan in MI]

Funky. I thought all police cars had them.

Face it, there are no absolutes in Ford Motor Company. :p

[82LTDQS]

Ok, I will be more detailed. I drove my company car (2005 CVPI) to Ford for maint and repairs. I was sitting at in the waiting room doing nothing and I though I would go chat with one of the Mechanics who was at the parts desk. I asked him to pull my car up in their computer to get an idea about what stuff my car had. I did not have the country squire with me. I was curious about the rear end and tranny. He pulled up the rear end in the computer and said it was and 8.8 with a 3.08 gear. 2 week later I cleand off the tag on the rear end and it matched what the guy said. 8.8 rear end with 3.08 gears on an 82 country squire.

[Tiggie]

Face it, there are no absolutes in Ford Motor Company. :p

That's the truth.

[torquelover]

Box Police cars (and some later box civilian models) had aluminum driveshafts.

Not necessarily. Mine has a steel shaft.

Funky. I thought all police cars had them.

Mine was steel as well.

Torquelover mentioned that his shift points were screwed up since he installed his 3.27 gears, so I asked if a governer change would help.

You might have misunderstood something here. My governor is not ideal. It has nothing to do with the 3.27 at all. My trans wants to shift around 5.5k and the motor is all in at 4k. I don't plan to change the governor as I hope someday soon the car will have power up there.

[82LTDQS]

Ohh, ok. I understand. Thanks

[torquelover]

:smirk:

[Mercracer]

let me clarify. I went to ford and had them pull up the car. They said it came with the 8.8.

Next time you are under the car, just get the numbers off of the axle tag. The tag actually says either 8.8 or 8.5 right on it, along with an ID number and the ratio.

[82LTDQS]

I did. 8.8

[Mr. Land Yacht]

Face it, there are no absolutes in Ford Motor Company. :p

except....


well..no...no, I guess not.