i know there are a few 400 blocks that had the smallblock clevo bellhousing, but anyway just want to know if anywhere makes a bellhousing to put the FMX behind a 400?? or an adaptor or something? everyone is allways whinging and whining about the C6 being too heavy, and robbing the RWHP figures, but i have a good FMX that i would use if it was possible, (and if i get the engine as opposed to rebuilding a 351)
cheers
not really interested in buying clutches and replacing diffs..... hehehe
yeah i was actually going ro ring the rodshop tomorrow and ask, i think the FMX will handle a 400 just fine, i have never had a drama with the one that is behind the 351 now, and i have 4 others....
cheers
They would, you know, you got me thinking, I was going the toploader path but really wanted an auto.
The C6 was the only option which I feel is a bit big for a 400 the FMX may be the way to go let me know if you find anything.
There is a factory bellhousing to fit an FMX to a BigBlock pattern..I have one..They would be rare here in Oz though.They do pop up occasionally on Ebay...
I am about to hook up an FMX to a 460 stroker ..
The FMX handled a supercharged clevo fine and shifted nice and solid so the B.B or for your 400 i'm sure will be fine
well that doesnt help , unless you know where there is another one?? i didnt get time to ring dellow or the rod shop today, i will ring them tomorrow though,
cheers
i was told there was one made, but no one seems to be able to tell me where to look, would probably pay to import one if the bellhousing its self was cheap
Like a few engine import places here i called about a factory C4 to BB bell...I was told they dont exist...
I got my C4 one shipped from Jay at www.broaderperformance.com . He specialises in Ford automatics and might be able to help you out..
ah ok cool, learn a new thing every day, bet you will have more fun finding one of those than i will getting a FMX one though, LOL, if you happen to find a FMX one in your travels. or phone calls, drop me a PM cheers
My C4 bell was US $150 + $80 air freight or there was surface mail was $40..
Try the website i mentioned above..Jay gave me great service..As mentioned he specialises in only ford transmissions so i would be surprised if he couldn't help you.
he said around about $100USD or less for the bellhousing, plus shipping, thats the kinda thing i want to hear, but i also heard that a few went not that long ago on Ebay for $20usd or so, so yeah.....
Also the FMX bellhousing pattern is the same as the AOD box (4 speed auto from mustangs etc, OVERDRIVE yeah) just as a point of interest.
I've just bought a FMX bellhousing to suit big block from Jay, cost me $180US including shipping so that's around $246AUS better than $500 plus from the Rodshop.
for starters they are not really called a 400M, they are just a 400, and if anything are very closely related to the clevo family, and are sometimes called a 400C,
but anyway there was only one batch of these blocks that had a smallblock bellhousing pattern, and they are usually reffered to as the 400FMX just because they are so rare to find, every single other 400 has the bigblock bellhousing pattern!!!
and the only way to put an FMX behind them is to either get an adaptor, or source a bellhousing from the US somewhere and get it shipped over, because they did make some factory Big block bellhousings for the FMX box over there..........
for starters they are not really called a 400M, they are just a 400, and if anything are very closely related to the clevo family, and are sometimes called a 400C,
but anyway there was only one batch of these blocks that had a smallblock bellhousing pattern, QUOTE]
you might want to let fomoco know that they had it all wrong all this time, and they shouldnt call the tall deck clevo a 351 or 400m!
oh....and the 400 with the small block bell housing......mercury used them.
if it is a built 400, the fmx might struggle with the torque.
Ford never called the 400 a 400M OR a 400C. Go buy any Ford lit printed between late 1970 to early 1975 and you'll see that it was only ever called the 400 or 400 2V. The 400 came out in 1971 to replace the 390 in cars and station wagons. The 351M was brought out in 1975 the model year after 351C production ended in the US. The 351M was developed to replace the 360 in trucks. With the 351C out of production, Ford was using all the available 351W's in cars so the trucks needed a mid-sized V8. The cheap alternative was to destroke the 400 to 351ci and use it in trucks. Ford AU did this samething with the 351C when they built the 302C....it was a cheaper fix than importing the 302W. OBTW, the 400 did not debut in trucks until 1977 when it replaced the 390.
As for the 400FMX block, well I have one that is going in my XA Fairmont GS Coupe. It came out of a 1973 Ranchero. To the best of my research and that of dozens of other 400 owners, the 400FMX could have been bought in a Mercury. Interesting thing, of the 5 other 400FMX owners that I know, all our motors cam out of Rancheros and LTD station wagons.....no Mercs.
so do you actually come across many though??(besides the ones you and your friends already have) or know where any are?
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