[Rory McNeil]

On my own Mustang, I have found the 4.88 gears for a 8.8 to be much more durable than the 5.14s. My car is a stick, and I have broken 2 sets of 5.14s, 60 footing in the low 1.6s
By comparision, my current 4.88s spent the first few years of running Stock with a non Soft Lok clutch, and have been back in the car for the past 2 years (after the last 5.14 set broke) And the past 1 1/2 years I have had my bracket engine in the car (mid 10s at 128mph, 1.37 60 foot best, dumping the clutch as high as 6600 RPM), and the last time the cover was off, the gears still looked great. So you may want to look at 4.88s with a shorter tire.Too bad there are no Pro gears available for the 8.8. That said, I doubt an automatic car would hurt the 5.14s in a Stocker.