390

Will a 1963 390 motor mount up to a C4?

 

You will need an aftermarket bell-housing for it to work.

 

Is that all there is to it? Anything else I would need to make it work?

 

I have never done it but I would say the transmission would need to be built to support the extra torque. You would also need to make sure you have a flex-plate with the proper diameter, teeth and converter bolt pattern.

 

Ah ok Id better just keep it all stock lol ill try to find a 302/289.

Thanks!

 

Often over looked and IMO which isnt worth more than two dead flys but I feel the greatest motor ever made was the 351w. Small, light, and with so much potential for everything from a poor mans stroker to 408+ cube strokers. Great for power and comes without the heavy bigblock weight.

 

I loved my 351W in my cougar just seems like they are hard to find now.

 

you are not thinking in installing that big FE into a Maverick do you?

 

Since when ? And if it was the greatest, why did the Cleveland have a superior head design ? Which is now used on Windsor blocks in Nascar racing (with Cleveland sized mains)

 

you can also get an adapter to stick an AOD behind the 390 now. wish it would fit in front of my divorced case 4x4... i wonder how much weight an aod could be built to tow? broncos and f150s had them so must be a decent amount....

 

You'd want an E4OD for towing with a 390. Not an AOD. E4OD = tough sum bitch

 

yeah that would be nice too, but i haven't even seen an adapter offered for that one. then you have to try and get it to be as short as the snub tailed c-6 used for divorced xfer....