AOD swap into a 79 460 F150, has anyone done this? What year of AOD do I look for? Who makes the adapter plates? I looked at an article, somewhwere of someone putting an AOD into a 79 Bronco, I can't find that article.

 

i looked into this same senario about 5 years ago when i put a 460 in my 86 bronco from what i recall art carr was only who had the adapter plate but you'll also need the new input shaft for the swap plus a new torque convertor for it plus .the need to upgrade the aod to handle the additional torque . seems to me like it was well over a $1000 to dothis soi just went with a rebuilt c6 good luck

 

Thanks for the input, (a little pun there), I appriciate the advice, I know this is going to be tough, but I'm geared up for it.

Thanks,

 

just curious.....why swap out the C6? it is stronger tranny not to mention parts are pretty cheap and easy to find.

-cutts-

 

Thanks for your reply, what I'm looking for is the overdrive, I don't want to rev the fresh 460 to bits. With the overdrive I will be able to use taller gears in the rear-end and still be able to travel from point A to B and not run the heck out of the 460.

 

Can an AOD be built to last reliably behind a 460 in a truck that tows? I'm thinking of changing the C6 in my F350 for an AOD but am reluctant to do it because I don't want constant problems with it. What I'd really like is a GearVendors OD unit, but I can't see spending 3 grand on a new one and it's not likely I would find a used one for my application (4x4). I'm thinkin an AOD swap would cost alot less than a GearVendors or an E4OD swap.

 

oooooo ok....good point! personally i would go for the ZF-5 speed...i like having a granny and an OD and it will bolt up to a 460. but i understand

-cutts-

 

like i mention in above post when looking into this a while ago it was spendy but was told it would handle about 450to 500lb ft tq. but you pretty much have to rebuild the whole tranny cause you'llhave to put in the lower gearset plus all other mods it will be very spendy.so you'll have about $1600 plus or minus a $100 or so for tranny plus the torque from art carr was about 400 back then plus around 400 for the adapter plate plus a couple hundred for the longer input shft so roughly 3k to get it done i would look for alternate ideas my self and as suggested from others .hope this helps some like imentioned this was about 5 years ago too

 

Thanks for that info Fordsrgrt.