This has come up in a few other threads and instead of leading the original posts off topic it was suggested the topic be relocated.
As the original 4 speed auto is fairly weak and extremely costly to beef up, us I6ers after high horsepower dont have many ford options when it comes to better, stronger transmissions unless we want to sacrifice a gear and use a C4 or one of its derivatives.
We could import an AOD 4 speed Im led to beleive but this would be extremely expensive.
It has been suggested that we could use the Turbo700 transmission from the commodore/ chev engines using a castlemaine rod shop adapter, I think these sell for around $650-$700 recalling a post GM destroyer made a while back about bellhousings.
What is everyones opinion? Is it sacrilege to use a chev product in a ford regardless they are easy to modify to handle substantial horsepower, not to mention a hell of a lot cheaper than upgrading the electronic 4 speed we are used to.
Is there any other alternatives?
Thoughts, suggestions all welcome.
Cheers
dan
As the original 4 speed auto is fairly weak and extremely costly to beef up, us I6ers after high horsepower dont have many ford options when it comes to better, stronger transmissions unless we want to sacrifice a gear and use a C4 or one of its derivatives.
We could import an AOD 4 speed Im led to beleive but this would be extremely expensive.
It has been suggested that we could use the Turbo700 transmission from the commodore/ chev engines using a castlemaine rod shop adapter, I think these sell for around $650-$700 recalling a post GM destroyer made a while back about bellhousings.
What is everyones opinion? Is it sacrilege to use a chev product in a ford regardless they are easy to modify to handle substantial horsepower, not to mention a hell of a lot cheaper than upgrading the electronic 4 speed we are used to.
Is there any other alternatives?
Thoughts, suggestions all welcome.
Cheers
dan