explorer 8.8 in an a-body: experience needed

Bit of advice... If you're going to run slicks box the spring perches so they don't collapse under acceleration. I found out the hard way ;) Welding the axle tubes to the Pumpkin makes it stronger too. Otherwise the pumpkin can spin out the rosette welds in the axle tubes. Both things only happen under extreme load.

The axle tubes are steel, the pumpkin is iron.....get some help on that bi-metal weld as iron is a bear to weld on if you dont know what you are doing. Make yourself a "bottom" brace that goes under the pumpkin and ties the tubes together. Or better, bolt it across a cast AL rear "girdle" 8.8 cover, thatll lock the axles.