Rx7man
Registered User
Well, I guess I'll give you guys a full picture of what I'm working on.. one of those back burner projects..
We bought an old F600 truck with a bad 370 gas engine... Water got into the cylinders and cracked them when it froze.. so that engine is garbage. However, the truck only has 5,000 original miles on it, so everything about it is in perfect condition, and we would really like to keep the tranny as it is, it is a Clark 5 speed.. 1.375" input shaft, tried reading the tag but there was too much crud on it to get off without a wire brush.. The tranny has a brake drum on the back of it for the park brake.. more work to try converting to anything else. Truck has a 2 speed axle as well
From what I gathered looking on the internet, the gas 370, 429, and 460 (the '385 series' engines) had bell housing patterns that were *close* to the 6.9 and 7.3IDI, but not quite, especially for the dowel pins.
I have a line on a good running 7.3 with all accessories for pretty cheap, and it would be the ideal engine for this truck (it's not going to be used much) Is there a bell housing/adapter plate setup out there that'll make it possible to keep this tranny?
I also have a Cummins 5.9 and an SAE 3(I think) bell housing.. the problem with it is it's going to be darned long and I don't think I'll be able to run an intercooler... I'd much rather go with the 7.3.
We bought an old F600 truck with a bad 370 gas engine... Water got into the cylinders and cracked them when it froze.. so that engine is garbage. However, the truck only has 5,000 original miles on it, so everything about it is in perfect condition, and we would really like to keep the tranny as it is, it is a Clark 5 speed.. 1.375" input shaft, tried reading the tag but there was too much crud on it to get off without a wire brush.. The tranny has a brake drum on the back of it for the park brake.. more work to try converting to anything else. Truck has a 2 speed axle as well
From what I gathered looking on the internet, the gas 370, 429, and 460 (the '385 series' engines) had bell housing patterns that were *close* to the 6.9 and 7.3IDI, but not quite, especially for the dowel pins.
I have a line on a good running 7.3 with all accessories for pretty cheap, and it would be the ideal engine for this truck (it's not going to be used much) Is there a bell housing/adapter plate setup out there that'll make it possible to keep this tranny?
I also have a Cummins 5.9 and an SAE 3(I think) bell housing.. the problem with it is it's going to be darned long and I don't think I'll be able to run an intercooler... I'd much rather go with the 7.3.