Hey all wanna use Car tranny in my 81 stepside (suggestions please)

[Twobears]

Ok! I want truck to have the power a Lincoln would? with my 351 engine. I have this thought that a car tranny is geared different, any advice accepted thanks all members Barry (Twobear)

 

[5.0Flareside]

Ok! I want truck to have the power a Lincoln would? with my 351 engine. I have this thought that a car tranny is geared different, any advice accepted thanks all members Barry (Twobear)

if its a C6 it will be geared different and it will have a different modulator valve on it..

best bet is to find another tranny out of a truck..

 

[Fordzilla80]

Is your 351 rebuilt?If it's 30 years old,I'd be willing to bet that's part of the reason you have no power.I really don't think going for different ratios in the transmission will help you get more power,if your engine isn't putting power to the transmission.Focus on the engine first and see where that gets ya.

 

[BKW]

if its a C6 it will be geared different and it will have a different modulator valve on it.

Uh huh...Which C6 gear is truck only? In fact, what C6 internal parts are truck only?

Next to no parts are truck only...the valve body is the major difference, the output shaft/extension housing is specific to 2WD trucks (due to its length) and 4WD's, the pan is truck/Bronco only.

Same-o same-o: Forward, direct, reverse clutches, all the seals, bearings, bushings, gaskets, snap rings, planet assy, sun gear, drums, pumps, cylinders, pistons, modulator valve, torque converter.

Someone asked this same question last week on t'other site. One member chimed in and said...'Oh, it's all different.'

I laughed out loud when I read that crappola, cuz it ain't.

 

[Truckin4life]

Sorry Chris, but bill wins rebuilt both car ant truck c6's and there one in the same internally.valvebodies and shifting characteristics differ. As do the pans. Everything bill said is spot on

 

[5.0Flareside]

ok so i was wrong... i coulda swore that what i had read is that the truck and car C6s have different gear ratios cause the weights.. but oh well it aint no big deal, aint the first time ive been wrong and wont be the last...