[cj]

I'm looking for a diff for my IRS.

I want it to be aluminum.

And I want it to be 3.27 gear ratio, and I want it to be LSD.

The only one I can get is the Lincoln Mark III correct?

Thanks.

 

[stevester]

Do you want new or used? (Sorry LSD means something else to me so please expand your acronim)

~Steve

 

[Doug Fender]

cj, I think you met MK VIII, and as far as that goes, you may have a hard time finding one that has 3.27 gears and a TractionLok. Not many factory Lincolns came that way. You'll have more success with the T-bird pumpkin with that combination, but then you have an iron case. If you find a Lincoln pumpkin, you'll probably have to buy gears and a TractionLok, and put it together. I'm not saying they don't exist in the boneyards, just that it will be difficult to find one to your liking. You may just want to opt for the FMS aluminum pumpkin, but that's up to you. Good luck.

 

[Ophitoxaemia]

it was my impression that there werent any 3.27 LSD equipped aluminum pumpkin diffs. if there are i suspect they are rare. i rolled my own using the aluminum casing from a MK VIII, with 3.27 gears from my t-bird diff, and a torsen T2 for the limited slip.

iron pumpkin: 83 lbs, aluminum 57 lbs. add the weight of the torsen or trak-loc to the 57 lbs weight.

james

 

[Grembler2]

LSD=limited slip dif NOT the mind altering LOL

 

[Hankl]

CJ,

The 99 Mustang had 3:27 and an Aluminum Diff. with 28 splines, the one year that would work.

Hank

 

[Lukas]

As Hankl said, you want one from a 99 Mustang, but it has to be a Mustang Cobra.

Thats what I have, 3,27s, aluminum and LSD. You can sometimes find them on ebay.

 

[TD]

Here is a brand new one from FORD for $700.00

In the tech notes it says...
• Fits (1) 1999 Cobra, 1989-97 Thunderbird, 1989-96 Cougar, 1993-98 Mark VIII

 

[LIPRIPPER]

Originally posted by TD:
Here is a brand new one from FORD for $700.00

In the tech notes it says...
• Fits (1) 1999 Cobra, 1989-97 Thunderbird, 1989-96 Cougar, 1993-98 Mark VIII

But the gear ratio is 3:73!

 

[cj]

Thanks for info fella's. I'll have a go at finding a 99 Cobra diff..
I knew it wouldn't be so easy.
Carl

 

[cj]

The yard I was dealing with says none of the T-Birds came with trac loc.. is that true?

I could probably get a MK 8 pumpkin and put the gears in it, but I want to limit how much stuff I have to get to go together. if I have to buy the trac loc seperately then its more of a pain..

 

[MJN]

Most, if not all, Super Coupes and Cougar XR7's had 8.8 center sections with traction loc. Stick cars had 2.73 gears and automatics had 3.27's. There are probably some exceptions to this, but in general the above is true.

 

[cj]

How can I tell if this 3.27 car has trac loc? Is there a number on it stating? Thanks.

 

[stevester]

Cj,

For an iron 3.27 from a T-bird SC the tag will look like the picture below. The first four characters will be 3L27 which means that the L is for locking diff.

~Steve

[ June 06, 2004, 10:15 PM: Message edited by: Steve W. ]