E4OD -- talk to me
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E4OD -- talk to me
am planning to run an E4OD behind this 351/5.8 that i pulled from a '95 F150 (i've got the harness).
since the cab is off, i dangled the motor/tranny over the chassis last night just to start to get a sense of how i'm going to custom mount both (one of my biggest concerns as a first-timer).
looks to me like the E4OD isn't going to fit "as is" ... the pan sits atop the x-member which puts the tailcone right into the rear x-member. one approach i suppose would be to move the front x-member forward about 6" so the pan sits behind it (but that screws with my master cylinder / brake pedal location). or, cut away the middle section (and reinforce, below, elsewhere?) so the tranny sits "down" in it.
i'm curious though who else has done this swap? someone indicated the other day in another thread of mine that the E4OD isn't a great choice for this truck.
any help appreciated.
(still trying to determine how "high" the engine has to be and at what angle before i mock-up any motor mounts??).
cheers.
since the cab is off, i dangled the motor/tranny over the chassis last night just to start to get a sense of how i'm going to custom mount both (one of my biggest concerns as a first-timer).
looks to me like the E4OD isn't going to fit "as is" ... the pan sits atop the x-member which puts the tailcone right into the rear x-member. one approach i suppose would be to move the front x-member forward about 6" so the pan sits behind it (but that screws with my master cylinder / brake pedal location). or, cut away the middle section (and reinforce, below, elsewhere?) so the tranny sits "down" in it.
i'm curious though who else has done this swap? someone indicated the other day in another thread of mine that the E4OD isn't a great choice for this truck.
any help appreciated.
(still trying to determine how "high" the engine has to be and at what angle before i mock-up any motor mounts??).
cheers.
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