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| RE: FE C-6 Question |
| By Mike McQuesten - 01/19/2002 3:58:10 PM; IP 63.50.108.124 |
I don't understand your question here Don. If you have the automatic transmission from a '68 390 donor car, you should have a C-6. The FMX was not used behind a FE engine after '66.
But I will tell you that a C6 fits very nicely in your '62 Galaxie. I did the same thing to a '61 a number of years ago and I was able to maintain the original column shift control. Just had to extend the shift rod about 4 - 5" that was from the original cruiso shift lever on the transmission. I cut the cruiso trans shift rod and welded in a piece so that the piece with the flat side could still be used at the steering column for adjustment. Easy to do. Then I was able to adapt the '61 bell crank kick down control to the C-6. Again, easy to do. If I can do this stuff.....it's easy.
What else, oh, I used a '65 Mercury trans cross memeber. I was able to bolt it to the mounts on the '61 Frame. I could only use one bolt/nut per side but it held without any problems. And I was running a 428CJ with R code C6, a hard shift kit & TCI convertor. I also used a couple of 1/4" steel strips for shims at the trans. mount to obtain the proper angle of the engine/trans.
All of this was so easy to do. The '61 Starliner looked like a stocker with a cruiso. My sons and I would load the cooler and drive it to the strip with our jack/M & H street slicks in the trunk(nice roomy trunk). Uncork the dump plugs from the shorty HP exhaust manifolds. Then lay down 13.7 consistent e.t.s @ 102 mph. It ran as well as the stock '69 Fairlane Cobra I once had reasonably free access to.....31 years ago.
The C6 mod is a definite good thing to do. |
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