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Here's one for the Ford purists. Fox mustang meets 500 Cadillac

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  • I think you are in good shape Dan. Mutts crossmember has actual frame rails to bolt solidly to, and that offset only looks to be 3-4 inches?







    If I took the same approach with the Cadistang I'd be looking at over 8" of difference from the actual crossmember to the mounting pad. And not bolted to frame rails, but to flimsy sheetmetal spot-welded brackets. Heck for that matter the FOX crossmember is flimsy sheetmetal as well.

    So I'm moving the crossmember/frame attachment point backwards so I can at least take leverage out of the equation.






    Some work to the junkyard TH400.



    Remove the valve body. If you are very carefull, you may be able to reuse the gaskets if they are undamaged. There are 2 gaskets with a thin plate in between them, we will be drilling 3 holes larger in this plate. The gaskets are labeled with a "C" and a "VB" to tell them apart. The "C" goes next to the case, and the "VB" goes next to the valve body. The detent solenoid will have to be unbolted as well to remove the gasket.


    Now you can see the check balls, there will be up to 6 of them. Don't panic if yours has less, some had less, and someone may have been in there before you.


    Note where the 3 arrows point. These holes will be opened up to a maximum of 3/16", any larger serves no purpose as this is the limit of flow anyways. (The hole size can be smaller, but I'm after a firm shift so I went to the maximum.)


    These 3 balls can be removed, as their purpose has been deleted by the drilling of the plate. You may have more or less balls, but make sure to leave the frontmost ball & the rearmost ball.







    This mod is to allow us to hold 1st gear manually without the factory upshift at a specified level. Remove the pin with a pair of needle-nose pliers.


    With a magnet, remove the piston. Keep things in order & CLEAN.


    See the black mark on the ringland on the right? Grind a "flat" area on this to allow holding 1st gear manually.


    "Flat" ground.
    Last edited by STINEY; February 4, 2020, 01:36 PM.
    Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.

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    • Those extensions are about 5" IIRC. Piece of cake though I drove some of the Mercedes forum guys crazy, like I was supposed to hire an engineer to calculate all of the loads and a prototype shop to build it out of titanium or ubobtainium or something. This works hunky-dorey and cost 0$$ other than the welding wire.

      Dan

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      • Just an update - went through and fixed all of the photobucket wreckage. Could this be a pre-curser to driving the 'stang this summer? Stay tuned!

        Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.

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        • it is about the right amount of aging...
          Doing it all wrong since 1966

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          • Start it up and do a burnout.
            Life is short. Be a do'er and not a shoulda done'er.
            1969 Galaxie 500 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...ild-it-s-alive
            1998 Mustang GT https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...60-and-a-turbo
            1983 Mustang GT 545/552/302/Turbo302/552 http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...485-bbr-s-83gt
            1973 F-250 BBF Turbo Truck http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...uck-conversion
            1986 Ford Ranger EFI 545/C6 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...tooth-and-nail

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            • I remember someone had one on this forum, I forgot it was you !
              Previously HoosierL98GTA

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              • Love to see it running! Big Caddys are definitely cool.

                Dan

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                • Aluminum Welds and needing a bath.

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                  • I didn't realize it was a t-top car!!
                    Life is short. Be a do'er and not a shoulda done'er.
                    1969 Galaxie 500 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...ild-it-s-alive
                    1998 Mustang GT https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...60-and-a-turbo
                    1983 Mustang GT 545/552/302/Turbo302/552 http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...485-bbr-s-83gt
                    1973 F-250 BBF Turbo Truck http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...uck-conversion
                    1986 Ford Ranger EFI 545/C6 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...tooth-and-nail

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                    • turbo LS coming soon?
                      Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                      • I am digging this car. At least the look of it from the outside :D

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