47-55.1 Explorer 8.8 swap

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There really isn’t an issue with offset axles. Manufacturers have been doing it for years to compensate for fuel tanks, exhaust routing etc... As long as you’re engine/trans are 90 degrees to your rearend.

If you have a speed square hold it on it’s perpendicular axis. The angles stay the same regardless if it’s horizontal or verticle.

It’s pretty common to pitch the rearend down 1/2 to 2 degrees to compensate for axle wrap, with an offset axle you would lean more to the 1/2 degree side of things.