Is anyone interested in the ZF 8HP transmissions?

[digitalsolo]

Following along on this... I think I'm going to swap the TR6060 in my Mustang for an 8HP70 this winter. Not shocking to find you're way ahead of me on your builds.

I wish they made one of these I could fit in a Corvette transaxle.

[andrewb70]

I'll just leave this here:





Andrew

[dontlifttoshift]

Stock 8hp70, stock converter, 10.2

That's rad.

[JKnight]

Very impressive! That’s a great ET for a street car. Well done!

[andrewb70]

Last week I took a spare 9" carrier, that I have been dragging around for about 8 years, to a recommended shop to swap out the ring and pinion. This was a Currie nodular 9" carrier that came with a 31 spline True Track diff, but had a useless 4.57 ring and pinion gear.

A while back I purchased a used OEM 2.75 ring and pinion and also a REM polished 2.75 ring and pinion from Quick Performance. I told the guy to use whichever gear set he felt would be the quietest. HE ended up setting up the used OEF Ford gear. I started the carrier swap yesterday and finished it up this afternoon.

I took my first drive and I have to say, that in my opinion, this is the optimal rear axle ratio when using the 8HP70 transmission. The gears are very quiet and I am pretty pleased.

For anyone contemplating the 8HP transmission swap, I would use either a 2.75 or at most a 3.00 gear set, assuming the typical 25.5 to 27 inch tall tires that we all use. With a taller tire, a 3.25 gear would work as well.

Andrew

[ScotI]

I wondered about this. Once the ability/possibilities to swap these transmissions started growing, I did rpm calcs to figure out what gearing options might be most beneficial. I was curious on the numbers....