 JTRACING wrote: |
| | two small things here. The transmissions were cast iron, and were not painted as they came from the factory. Most all were a very dark brown; almost like a chocolate color. Lastly just about every Mopar Dude has broken out his bottle of Malox!! Never Hugger Orange! Hemi Orange maybe, but max wedges used an orange that was later renamed "Hemi Orange." Oil filters were almost always white or orange (as in Fram). gary |
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engine is a wip still, havent done any work on the front, pulleys filter etc.. i figured a 4 speed would be aluminum... |
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In 1966 or maybe 1965 the factory race cars tried an alloy tail shaft housing on the transmission, but the torque was so much from a race hemi that it flexed the case all over the place. Most people went back to the full iron case just like the street cars used. I've seen guys try Ford Toploaders in them, and they were no better. And had a bad gear ratio spread. Surprisingly the cast iron cased B&W Super T-10 seemed to work out OK, and shifted better. Also make sure you have the right rear end in the car (being as it's a 440 four speed car). It should be a Dana 60. Automatic transmission cars used a really heavy duty 8 3/4 rear end that made a 9" Ford rear end like cheap junk. The hog head was cast steel, and the axles were the same as a Dana 60 but shorter with a different spline (easy way to find one is to look at the axles for a pink stripe running lengthways).
Might add here that 1965 and earlier transmissions had the parking brake mounted right behind the transmission (sticks only) in a drum brake affair. Lastly the gear shift linkage is usually a silver cad plated, but have seen the a gold cad plated.
By the way I almost bought a red and black Charger just like the one your building. Still one of the best looking cars ever made in my book. Let me know if your ready to do a six pac, and I'll email you engine photos as we happen to have two of them in my familly right now (one is conquors condidtion). Big engine Mopars are an addiction; once you've owned a couple.
gary