I have done it on a couple of vehicles. Both were street only, mileage eating cruisers. No strip action, whatsoever.
1962 Mercury Monterey Wagon. 352 (325 Hp, 375 ft-lbs). Broader built the trans, used their adaptor to bolt the Cruis-O bellhousing to the AOD's pump after removing the AOD's stock bellhousing. Removed the AOD's lock up feature and went to a C6 style 2 piece input shaft rather than the AOD's 3 piece. This required a custom torque convertor and we were able to get the stall to come in at around 1800 rpms with the 3.6:1 rear axle ratio. Note, the Cruis-O's relatively small housing limits the torque converter size to 11" or less. It is difficult to get small convertors to run low stall speeds, but with the relatively small (352) motor, it worked out well in this application. The car cruises happily in OD all day, running about 2200 rpm at 75 mph.
1976 F-250. 390 (370 Hp, 450 ft-lbs). I built the trans this time, again removed the lock-up feature, also added a TCI constant-pressure valve body. I ordered a Quicktime AOD-FE bellhousing after the Holley tech told me that the Quicktime bell would support the stock 12" convertor and I knew I would have a harder time getting a smaller 11" convertor to have a low enough stall with the more powerful 390 and heavier weight of the F-250 over the Merc. NOTE: The Quicktime Bell will
NOT support a 12" convertor, despite what Holly says. I had Broader build a 11" convertor, but after multiple attempts, we could not get the stall low enough to have good street manners. It would overheat the fluid, especially towing or at interstate speeds and eventually I pulled it and put a C6 back in.
If I were to do the F-250 again, I would have used the Bendsten's adaptor plate and just dealt with the trans moving back 1.5". This would have at least allowed me to run a larger convertor and to hopefully get the stall down to an acceptable speed. I still think eliminating the lock-out and going with the 2 piece input shaft is a good idea when dealing with a high torque FE. This is the AOD's main weakpoint, but it does require a custom torque convertor. I have a friend running the Bendsten's Adaptor in his '64 Marauder, with a very healthy 500 hp 428. It required some floor and firewall massaging, but other wise works well.
Broader AOD with Cruis-O bell.
