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Title: 66 Fairlane, 427 engine swap (transmission)
Post by: Dan859 on May 13, 2019, 03:19:02 AM

Hi everyone,
I recently bought a 66 Fairlane, 6 cylinder, 3 speed standard transmission.  I want to swap in my 482 FE (Engine info and specs are posted in the dyno section) , a 4 speed toploader trans., and a 9" rear end.  For this post, I just want to deal with the transmission swap questions.  The transmission is a rebuilt toploader with the big in/big out shafts.  First, is that transmission generally adequate for 650HP/630TQ, or should I start looking for something else (TKO, Richmond, etc).  Second, can I keep the same transmission crossmember, and/or do I need to change the transmission mount?  Anything that I've missed?
Thanks in advance,
Dan

Title: Re: 66 Fairlane, 427 engine swap (transmission)
Post by: JamesonRacing on May 13, 2019, 04:52:45 PM

Transmission should be strong enough, but you may not like the close ratio gears. 

Cross member should be C6/FE version.

Title: Re: 66 Fairlane, 427 engine swap (transmission)
Post by: Nightmist66 on May 13, 2019, 06:58:12 PM

I would replace the rubber mount. This is the one I have in mine:

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/ptp-6-1605-bl/overview/year/1966/make/ford/model/fairlane

Title: Re: 66 Fairlane, 427 engine swap (transmission)
Post by: Dan859 on May 14, 2019, 01:32:43 AM

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Transmission should be strong enough, but you may not like the close ratio gears. 

That's definitely a possibility.  I'm only Stateside for a month, so by the time I get everything together, I'm not going to have a whole lot of time to actually drive it.  At this point I want to get the running gear swapped in and just get it running and on the road.  Long term, I plan on getting it changed over to a wide ratio and get a Gearvendor OD unit for it.