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A friend of mine has one of the early cars, about #50, with a 351W and Tremec. Anyways, he has had recurring problems with a leaking hydraulic throw-out bearing, so he went to install a slave cylinder with a clutch fork, but it wouldn't fit because the frame was too narrow in that area, so the frame had to be notched. Also, because he didn't want to take the interior apart to pull the tranny, I think mainly pulling the tunnel off, he had the tranny crossmember cut out so the tranny can be pulled from the bottom, and now the cross member is a bolt in. Also, the diff on the earlier cars is not mounted as securely as on the newer cars, and some people who have drag raced their cars alot have had problems with the diff mounting bracket breaking, and needs to be rewelded, or, reinforce the bracket if it has not already been done so.
If you have a choice, I would think a newer one would be better, although they are all fine cars.
Is the new diff as good as or better than the ford 8.8 they were using for such a long time?
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