I have $350 christmas money, and I was wondering if I could get some 3.55 or 3.73's put in for around that. How much did you all pay?
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1989 Lincoln Town Car - "Anabelle" - Original block, .030 over with SpeedPro pistons, rods fitted with ARP hardware, FRPP +volume oil pump, GT-40 3bar heads, Crane 1.72 rockers, 89' Fox cam, 93' Cobra lower intake, Explorer upper and 65mm TB, 93' Lightning EGR spacer, K&N intake kit from a 4.0L Ranger, 19lb/hr injectors w/ 87 Mark VII ECM, cat/smog deletes, Big Brake conversion, 3.55 K-Code Trac-Lok/Disc brake rear axle, CVPI LCA's w/1" sway bar in rear, wagon front sway bar, BBK 2.5" off-road H-Pipe, Flowmaster super 40s, HPP wheels, 3G alternator w/LMR.com wiring kit, gear reduction starter conversion, Best 1/4 time: 16.0 @ 85mph. -
Well, if you buy budget Motive gears from ebay ($150), you still need a trac install/ rebuild kit ($50-$100) and professional installation (highly recommended). Shop around for a good and experienced mechanic and get a quote within your bedget, as the gears should be installed to certain specs/ tolerances with the right tools. It's not exactly a "driveway job", if you know what I mean... -
well i can get some gears for around 30-50 bucks, and I don't know what a track loc is but sounds expensive. and the install better not be some insane 500+ dollars1989 Lincoln Town Car - "Anabelle" - Original block, .030 over with SpeedPro pistons, rods fitted with ARP hardware, FRPP +volume oil pump, GT-40 3bar heads, Crane 1.72 rockers, 89' Fox cam, 93' Cobra lower intake, Explorer upper and 65mm TB, 93' Lightning EGR spacer, K&N intake kit from a 4.0L Ranger, 19lb/hr injectors w/ 87 Mark VII ECM, cat/smog deletes, Big Brake conversion, 3.55 K-Code Trac-Lok/Disc brake rear axle, CVPI LCA's w/1" sway bar in rear, wagon front sway bar, BBK 2.5" off-road H-Pipe, Flowmaster super 40s, HPP wheels, 3G alternator w/LMR.com wiring kit, gear reduction starter conversion, Best 1/4 time: 16.0 @ 85mph.Comment
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You'll probably spend $500 total, if you shop around. I'd say labor shluld be around $150-$350, depending on the mechainc (dealer vs. private vs. friend).Originally posted by 89LincolnTWNcar
Traction-lock is Ford's version of "Posi"; which you may or may not have, depending upon your door code. It should be rebuilt when you swap gears...Comment
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trac-lock is a limited slip unit. Any 28 spline for an 8.8" rear will work. Should not be a crazy amount to install it, since the standard open carrier has to come out to swap the gears. At that point, its pretty much a matter of installing the trac-lock in place of the open carrier.
random first hit ebay link has one for $125 buy it now and free shipping.
If you hunt around you can probably get a better price. If getting a higher mileage used one, rebuild kits are avalible from Summit for about $50.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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i'm charging about 250 for the rebuild and install........most people charge 350+ for labor.........good used parts can be found for around 100-140
come visit pa, i'll hook u up lol
scott
1986 lincoln towncar signature series. 5.0 HO with thumper performance ported e7 heads, 1.7 roller rockers, warm air intake, 65mm throttle body, 1/2" intake spacer, ported intakes, 3.73 rear with trac lock, 98-02 front brake conversion, 92-97 rear disc conversion, 1" rear swaybar, 1 3/16" front swaybar, 16" wheels and tires, loud ass stereo system, badass cb, best time to date 15.94 at 87 mph. lots of mods in the works 221.8 rwhp 278 rwt
2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
1986 Toyota pickup with LSC wheels and 225/60/16 tires.
2008 Hyundai Elantra future Revcon toad
1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)
please be patient, rebuilding an empire!
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I paid a few dollars for a set of gears from the junkyard. $40 for the rebuild kit from www.adtr.net. and $80 for the rear end rebuild kit (alll the bearings seals, crush collar) and had it installed for $20http://secondhandracing.com/Home.aspx
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