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I'm also asking this in the dentside forum.
I have a 1969 F100 with a 300 I6 and a C4 automatic. I also have a 1973 F100 with a 360 V8 and what I'm assuming is also a C4 automatic.
I want to swap the engines in the two, AKA build the 360 into a nice 390 and throw it in the '69 (which is a nicer truck in every aspect compared to the '73 I have - pictures on profile). Are the bell housings the same, or would I need to swap the transmissions as well? I'm currently rebuilding the '69's tranny with a bit of a performance kit and would like to keep it.
I have a 1969 F100 with a 300 I6 and a C4 automatic. I also have a 1973 F100 with a 360 V8 and what I'm assuming is also a C4 automatic.
I want to swap the engines in the two, AKA build the 360 into a nice 390 and throw it in the '69 (which is a nicer truck in every aspect compared to the '73 I have - pictures on profile). Are the bell housings the same, or would I need to swap the transmissions as well? I'm currently rebuilding the '69's tranny with a bit of a performance kit and would like to keep it.
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C4's were not installed behind any FE engine in a car or F100/350.
1968/76 F100/350 360/390 would have come w/a C6, 17 trans pan bolt holes.
Bell housing: M/T / Converter housing: A/T / C4 has a converter housing, C6 converter housing is made as part of the trans case.
1968/76 F100/350 360/390 would have come w/a C6, 17 trans pan bolt holes.
Bell housing: M/T / Converter housing: A/T / C4 has a converter housing, C6 converter housing is made as part of the trans case.
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Trozei, the 360 is of the FE engine family (352, 360, 360, 410, 427, 428) which has it's own bellhousing pattern for its transmissions like your C-6. Your 300 uses the small block V-8 pattern (221, 260, 289, 302, 351W, etc) so your 300 C-4 can't be used behind your FE 360 engine.
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Thanks for the info! I just discovered though that my 360 is mated to a C6 and the 300 a C4. I wouldn't want a built 390 mated to a C4 now that I think about it, so even if it would've worked, I wouldn't want to do it.
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