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Old Dec 21, 2013 | 06:46 PM
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riddle me this

My truck has a 460 auto with married transfer case. What's special about it? You couldn't get a 460 4x4 correct, so what had to be done to make it work? Engine is a pre 79 460, so I know it wasn't a full swap. Is it simply just swapping a tranny from a 400 and using it's flexplate/torque converter?

I'm just curious because I read another thread where someone was going to have to modify a 2wd auto to be 4wd,, got me wondering.
 
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The bell housing on a C6 for 351/400 is the same as the 460. So a PO just swapped in the 460. No tranny change was needed.
 
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Nothing special about it. People put 460s in 4wd trucks all the time. At the time these trucks were made the 460 wasn't available for 4wd trucks only 2wd.
Making a 2wd truck 4wd is more involved.
 
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I know about swapping in 4spds, just didn't know if an auto was as complicated.
 
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