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| RE: FE Bellhousing |
| By Mike McQuesten - 06/13/2002 1:31:48 PM; IP 206.193.0.124 |
Before you take a little trip to sunny Southern Cali to visit Bill, what are you installing this 65/66 390 engine and '64 top loader into? I've re-read your post trying to gleen a hint from where this combo is going and I don't see it. It matters.
If this FE/'64 trans is going into a '65 & later full size, you are somewhat restricted to using the '65 & later Full Size FE stick bell housing. The eqaulizer shaft pivots off the side of the bellhousing in these years. Then you have to have the right flywheel/ring gear to go with the '65 & later starter.
If this FE/'64 trans is going into a '64 & older full size, you can use just about any FE stick bellhousing you want as long as you have the right bolt pattern and flywheel/ring gear to go with the starter you use. You can use a '65 & later starter in a '64 and older bellhousing as long as you have the correct count ring gear. Make sense?
Now maybe you're planning on installing this in a unibody Fairlane/Mustang etc. Doable. But again, you should use the C6OE bell housing.
And for mating the narrow '64 top loader to a bell housing that's just for the wide pattern '65 and later....that's doable too. But a whole nuther story and I'm outta time.
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