AOD Transmission & FE Engines

[ford7379trucks]

you can get a moded aod that bolt up to a fe for $1,500 ill look for the link. the stock aod will fail but u can rebuild them to handel 1000hp

[averagef250]

A 460 stock will run circles around a 360/390 .

Everyone has thier own opinions. I feel I have a lot of real world experience with Ford trucks from '67 to present day and I think the 460 is far less than stellar and quite far below an FE in a truck.

I've had bone stock truck 360 2V motors that'd outpull most 460's out there and pass twice as many gas stations. If you have half a brain an FE is a very strong, very affordable truck engine.

[ford7379trucks]

this is the 1st time iv ever herd anything bad about the FE other then gas milage

[68Mercury250Ranger]

A 460 stock will run circles around a 360/390 .

Everyone has thier own opinions. I feel I have a lot of real world experience with Ford trucks from '67 to present day and I think the 460 is far less than stellar and quite far below an FE in a truck.

I've had bone stock truck 360 2V motors that'd outpull most 460's out there and pass twice as many gas stations. If you have half a brain an FE is a very strong, very affordable truck engine.

You are right everyone is entitled to their opinion, and their

A 360 outpull a 460? thats an interesting concept.

My sister had a 1970 F250 camperspecial with only 9*,*** original miles. A (healthy?) 360 ran good, put new timing chain, gears, oil pump, installed a 390 4barrel intake and rebuilt 600 holley.
drove it for several months, had decent power but couldn't pull a loaded cartrailer well. 12mpg empty, 8-9mpg pulling trailer.

Pulled out a 460 4barrel with 250,*** miles from a scrap yard fresh 1977 E350 cube van, (no oil smoke/no wierd noises) put new timing chain/gears, oil pump, and reused the rebuilt 600holley. Same trans internals, just change the front housing .
WOW unbelievable! it could smolder the 235/85/16s with the same Dana 60 3.54 posi. 14-15mpg empty. and 9-10 pulling same trailer, and it could get up the hills.

It brought the truck from a traffic hazard to a highway cruiser . and it made the 5.0 mustang boys take notice. Oh yeah same 2.25" dual exhaust.

Best $300 I ever spent. I installed it for free and even payed for the motor.
The family mechanic

4BT instead of 360 woohoo

[lightning_msd]

Hey nobody is wrong. Some are just more right.

Seriously I would love to put another FE in my 68 Merc, but it sure wouldn't be a 360 or 390. I'm still watching for an old 410 or a 428.
I missed out on a couple basket case 427SOHC motors that came with enough extra parts to complete almost 3 engines. Oh yeah that was over 20 yrs ago.

This place is a wealth of information .

you can build a 410 out of a 360/390...

[uboughtwhat?]

OK, riddle me this Batman.......

If you can get an adapter plate to make the AOD fit the FE, or said a different way, you can get an adapter plate to make a transmission with a small block bellhousing pattern bolt up to the FE, then would I be correct is saying that with the same adapter plate you could put a M5R2 5 speed overdrive behind a FE engine?

Is my logic correct?

Jeff

actually, let me start this as its own thread otherwise...

[DuckRyder]

OK, riddle me this Batman.......

If you can get an adapter plate to make the AOD fit the FE, or said a different way, you can get an adapter plate to make a transmission with a small block bellhousing pattern bolt up to the FE, then would I be correct is saying that with the same adapter plate you could put a M5R2 5 speed overdrive behind a FE engine?

Is my logic correct?

Jeff

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I'm not saying it is impossible, but it ain't going to be easy...

The first problem that comes to mind is supporting the input shaft, normally it would be supported by the pilot bearing, but the adapter is going to move it back... that would have to be addressed without impacting the clutch operation...