Look at what I just bought! :)

Ford put 4 lug axels on Mustang 5.0's and GT's up until 1993, so it's nothing unusual.

64-73 All v-8 stangs had 5 lug. Inline 6 cars had 4 lug. All mustang II's had 4 lug as was mentioned b4. 79-93 fox bodies all had 4 lug whether it was 4, 6, or 8 cyl....except for the SVO mustangs. The svo's all had 5 lug even though they were 4 cyl. All 94-current stangs are 5 lug.

Nice! Do you want your money back?

My car has about 300HP and an extra 100HP of nitrous. I have a stock (1974) 8" Ford in my Mustang II with 3.55 gears. The rear end was rebuilt and a stock car mini spool was added. I had a local machine shop change the 4 on 4 1/4" bolt patern to 5 on 4 1/2". My drums were brand new so I had them re-drilled also. From what I gather you can use early Ford Ranger drums too. My car is driven a few times a week on the street, it gets beaten on regularly and I have had no problems. Joe Morgans Turbo Pinto went into the 10's with a stock 28 spline 8". The only 8" Ford failures I have heard about used standard transmissions. Light cars with 8" rer ends and automatics (like mine) seem to hold togeather fine.

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Gary you are confusing the early (65-70)stangs with the mustang IIs..As everyone has stated the mustang IIs had 4 lugs no matter what engine they had V-8 or not.....As for performance the mustang II V-8 cars where pretty comparable to the older 2V small block cars ..

Info for four bolters: Early 6 cyl Mustangs have 4 on 4 1/2" bolt paterns and 74 to 93 have
4 on 4 1/4" bolt patern (accept the 83-86 SVO and the 93 Cobra that were five bolt 5 on 4 1/2").

Originally Posted by FEandGoingBroke

Gonna let my boy drive it... He's 17 now and needs one but I gotta get 3 more jobs in order to pay for his insurance of $1,200 bucks every week or two... something outrageous like that [img]/forums/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

What I was referring to was an arguement about a mustang with 5 lug axles and a V-8 but it came from the factory with 4 lug axles.... the guy said he converted teh axles... I never saw a V-8 on a 4 lug chassis ever and I've owned an 85 mustang Ghia 5 lug V-8 and now a 74 4 lug 4 cyl....
Anyway, it all boiled down to the fact that I didn't think for ever put a 4 lug chassis under a V-8 I think it's stupid, but apparently they did I just have never seen proof.... Or I have never paid attention to my customers vehicles I've worked on....

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even the Early Fox-body mustangs, 79 - 84 had 4-lug wheels, V-8's even 5 speed T-5 from 83 on up. Some, bed wetting, propeller hat wearing, pencil sharpener probably got a raise for saving "Hank II" 0.10 cents per car, by using the same axles, brakes for V-8, in-line 4's. Course they kept the horsepower down, so it seemed like a good idea at the time - 'course they forgot about how torquey a V-8 could be...but just the same money saved is money earned - hey, it all adds up!

I have since corrected my thoughts on this and realised that most of the car's I worked on had hub caps...
Most hub caps ot the walmart variety had 5 lug nut imprints no matter what the wheel size under the cap...

Plus I wasn't a tire boy so I never paid attention....

My aoplogies for my ignorance... I sold the damn car because my boy never took to getting his license...

The one thing ford did right was they used atleast a 1/2 inch stud, unlike GM. Oh and BTW. I've ran mid 6.70s in the 1/8th on a stock MII 8 inch 4lug axle. 1.47 60ft time. I'd do it over and over, on test n tune night, pretty much hot lap the car all night long. No twisting at all, but I've since upgraded to 5lug, mostly to have a wider selection of rims.