I've never seen an 8" ever ... so popularity here might be an issue
But since you can buy a housing etc from currie I guess you could build one no probs

Stock rear-end on most Ford vehicles of the 1960s & 1970s, 8-inch differentials are lighter in construction & have a 28-spline axle. The 8-inch differential will hold up behind the strongest 289 & 302 cubic-inch engines while being 45.4kg lighter than the 9-inch.

Just get a shim cut to size and sandwich with a used crush tube, it allows you to compress the crush tube further and get the right preload and pinion nut tension will be where it needs to be too.

in between the pinion beraings... it sets the bearing preload

thought I'd like to try a 4.10 ratio BW68, but not if I can't get the right paarts to do it...

and I like the 120Y BW68 width rather than getting a KE30 BW68...

Been looking for a while of an alloy aftermarket carrier for the Hilux but gave up trying to find one and its a shame as the lsd are easy to mod from a supra and cheap at wreckers so could be a good diff bar the weight.

8 inchers are much easier to come by and lsd is cheaper than a H190 so all up could be a good upgrade.

Where are the crush tubes in bw68?

not bad at all, it's a better option than a Borg Warner 68 or 78, and won't be long and BW78 bits will get hard to come by now.... as it is the crush tubes on BW 68's are NLA... not to mention there is not a LSD option for BW68's...

looking at my options for diffs too, thought about BW68, but don't like how I'm limited ratio wise with the whole diff needing to come out to be setup right... 4.11 gears though *mouth waters* especially with a nice A15 or L18 with a nice 4 speed or 3N71B...

I have heard the diff in THe Defect III have a metallic "tink tink tink sound (sound of impending doom)...

I dont know when it was released but when I last checked the alloy carriers where only available for 8.8 and 9 inch diffs now for the 8 inch and cheap!

http://www.currieenterprises.com/cestore/ProductsRE.aspx?id=2435

for the 8 inch diff which are easy to come by and much better choice than a cast iron 8 inch hilux that has no alloy carrier available.

LSD are 524 usd
http://www.justdifferentials.com/inde ... 24_48_293&products_id=882

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