Ford 8.8! Will it work in a 74 scamp

jrlegacy23 said

The Exploder rear is only 2" wide than a stock A-body. It will work, but may need a lot of backspacing on the wheels. You will be better off cutting the longer side axle down to the same length as the shorter side. Then you will be just a hair slimmer than a stock A-body. It is a good swap, cheap and readily available parts.

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Thats weird the 7 1/4 that came out of my barracuda was 55.5 or so inches, the 8 3/4 I swaped it out to is the same width as the 7 1/4 and the 8.8 explorer axle I have is about 59.75" So I guess its closer to 4 inches wider. Do they make different width a body axles? Ive delt with a bunch of explorer 8.8s and they are all the same basic widthm so it must be the a body axles that vary.