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Originally Posted by Mark Brye
The original 8.8 inch rear end in the mustang 5.o in 86 had what, 205 HP going to it on a 3200lb car? And ran as much as 240 or so from the factory with the same spline axles in later years.
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While true, I believe they are running the same in many PRO 5.0 classes where they are cranking over 600HP, easily. They do have to put 9"style axles to eliminate the weaker c-clip axles, but I think the 8.8 had shown some pretty good durability over the years in some extremely tough conditions. I'm not saying that the BMW is weaker, but I am willing to bet it has NO WHERE near the abuse testing that the 8.8 gets every weekend. How many runs can one make with a 600HP 6000rpm launch. It would be interesting.