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Re: Autotransmission Swap

To: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Autotransmission Swap
From: mjb2@home.com
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:05:07 -0700
the abortion continues.  roe vs wade has got nothin' on you!

James Barrett wrote:
> 
> Folks,
>         Turns out the bell housing on a C4 with a 164
> tooth gear is larger than the manual steel bell housing for
> the 164 tooth gear, ( which is larger than the aluminum
> bellhousing for the 157 tooth gear.)  To make a long
> story short, with my motor moved back 1 1/4" the C4
> bell housing would not fit.  Likewise if it had fit
> then the side of the transmission would hit the tunnel.
> (on the passenger side).  Any one notice that the Tiger
> tunnel is offset to the drivers side?
> I wonder if the right hand drive versions are offset to the
> other side?
>         Spent Saturday and Sunday fabricating a new wider/taller
> transmission tunnel out of 18 gauge steel.  Almost done with the welding.
>         The reason I went with the C4 instead of an
> AOD, EAOD or C6 was that I thought the C4 would fit
> without changing the tunnel.  Maybe, I should get an
> Automatic out of the Space Shuttle transporter.  It
> would probably fit now.
>         Got a real nice B&M shifter that works as
> both a gated shifter or as a ratchet shifter.
> 
> James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others

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